Concepts

Gain a basic understanding of Lora’s design so you can set up your workspace and navigate efficiently.

Basic concepts

Workspace

A Lora workspace is the container for all shortcuts, folders, tags, and other concepts relating to an individual team or organization. One account can belong to one or many workspaces. Workspaces each have a unique URL in the style app.uselora.com/example. Each has its own members and data, and you can switch between them using the workspace menu.

On Free, every active member has Admin permissions. From Basic onward, your role (Workspace Owner, Admin, Moderator, or Member) decides what you can change. Roles apply per workspace: being an Admin in one workspace says nothing about your role in another. See Members and roles.

Shortcuts

The shortcut is the most important concept in Lora. A shortcut is a short, memorable URL that redirects to a longer destination. Every shortcut needs a unique name in the Slug field and a destination URL. Details such as a description or tags are optional. For example, you might create /handbook for your HR documentation or /meeting-room for your team’s Zoom call.

Every shortcut has a shortcut owner — the person who created it, or whoever it was transferred to — and a visibility (Workspace, Unlisted, or Private). The shortcut owner can always edit and delete their own shortcuts. Whether anyone else can depends on visibility and the workspace’s permission settings. See Shortcut ownership for the rules.

Organizing shortcuts

Folders

Folders make it possible to group shortcuts that belong together, such as those used by a department or project. Each shortcut belongs to one folder, and each folder has its own page where you can see its shortcuts and details. This structure keeps related resources visible in one place and makes it easier for your team to discover what they need.

Tags

Tags provide a more flexible way to organize shortcuts across projects and folders. They let you assign meaningful categories to multiple shortcuts so you can see connections that cut across the usual structure. For example, you could tag shortcuts to Jira, Linear, and Asana all with “project management,” or group vacation, payroll, and benefits shortcuts under “HR.” Tags can be filtered across the workspace, giving you a clear overview of how shortcuts are categorized.

Browser extension

The Lora browser extension gives you direct access to shortcuts from your address bar. Once installed, type short, a space, and the name of the shortcut you want to use. Autocomplete shows matching shortcuts as you type.

You can also use the extension to search all shortcuts without leaving the browser. For example, short hr suggests shortcuts such as /handbook or /vacation.