Getting started

First steps

Claim the host account, invite your circle, and set up your space.

The host account

The very first account created on a fresh Inkspace is promoted to admin and marked as the host. Sign-up is serialized with a database lock, so two people racing to be first can’t both win.

After that, Inkspace is invite-only: every new sign-up needs a valid invite code.

Inviting friends

  1. Open Admin from your account menu.
  2. Under Invites, choose Create invite. The invite link is copied to your clipboard automatically.
  3. Send the link to a friend. When they sign up with it, the invite is marked as Used and you get a notification that they joined.

Invites can show as Active, Used or Expired. Use Copy invite link to share an active invite again, or Delete invite to revoke it.

Managing members

The Members list on the Admin page shows everyone in your Inkspace. Admins can:

  • Make admin — give another member admin rights.
  • Demote to member — remove admin rights.
  • Remove member — delete a member. This cannot be undone.

Make it yours

A few settings worth visiting on day one:

  • Settings → Profile — display name, a short author bio and an avatar (JPEG, PNG or WebP up to 2 MB).
  • Settings → Reading — app theme (Default, Dark, Sepia or Light), reader theme and custom CSS. The interface language switch sits at the top of the settings sidebar.
  • Settings → Writing — defaults for new stories: visibility, status, author font and the autosave indicator.
  • Settings → Privacy — who can see your profile and activity. See Privacy & visibility.
  • Settings → Inkspace — the running version, branch, build date and release notes.

Then write the first story — your friends will have something to read when they arrive.