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Last Updated: 3/11/2026

CLI Commands for LinkAce

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Register a user

This is helpful if you are not able to run the built-in setup LinkAce provides. The command will guide you through the process and ask for a username, an email and a password.
You may append --admin to create an admin user.

Run via Docker

docker exec -it linkace_app_1 php artisan registeruser

Run without Docker

php artisan registeruser

If you are stuck, you can cancel the command at any time by using Ctl / Strg + C.

Reset a user password

If you lost your password or the login is not working for some reason, you may want to reset your password. This is usually done by using the Password forgotten? link on the login page. However, this method only works correctly if mail is set up.

To work around this issue, you can use the CLI command to reset your password.

Run via Docker

docker exec -it linkace_app_1 php artisan reset-password

Run without Docker

php artisan reset-password

If you are stuck, you can cancel the command at any time by using Ctl / Strg + C.

Since v1.6.0

This command updates the thumbnail for all links with the status “ok”. This can take a long time, depending on the amount of links you have saved. Helpful if you upgrade from a previous version to version 1.6.0 and want to set the correct thumbnails for all links.

Run via Docker

docker exec -it linkace_app_1 php artisan links:update-thumbnails

Run without Docker

php artisan links:update-thumbnails

If you are stuck, you can cancel the command at any time by using Ctl / Strg + C.

If you have very large bookmark exports, you may want to import all links from the command line. Use this command after storing your file in the /storage directory.

Possible Options:

  • --skip-meta-generation - Whether the automatic generation of titles should be skipped.
  • --skip-check - Whether the links checking should be skipped afterwards.

Run via Docker

docker exec -it linkace_app_1 php artisan links:import [file name]

Run without Docker

php artisan links:import [file name]

If you are stuck, you can cancel the command at any time by using Ctl / Strg + C.

Check the Email Configuration

Since v2.0.0

This command sends a test email to a given email address to check if email is correctly configured for your LinkAce setup.

Run via Docker

docker exec -it linkace_app_1 php artisan mail:check

Run without Docker

php artisan mail:check

If you are stuck, you can cancel the command at any time by using Ctl / Strg + C.

View 2FA Recovery Codes

This command allows you to view the 2FA recovery codes for any user and can be used if 2 Factor Authentication cannot or should be reset.

Run via Docker

docker exec -it linkace_app_1 php artisan 2fa:view-recovery-codes

Run without Docker

php artisan 2fa:view-recovery-codes

If you are stuck, you can cancel the command at any time by using Ctl / Strg + C.

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