Cloakist – custom domains and vanity URLs for Roam Research public graphs

Case study: Intertwingled

Complice founder Malcolm Ocean uses Roam Research to catalog his writing, but was having to redirect from his domain intertwingled.blog because Roam doesn't support custom domains. That's where Cloakist came in. Now his readers can head straight to https://intertwingled.blog.

URL before

https://roamresearch.com/#/app/malcolmocean/page/XvT-iHx1X

URL after

http://intertwingled.blog/

Don't just redirect — make your Roam live at your domain

Unlike a redirect, Cloakist makes your custom domain stay in the URL bar when the page loads, resulting in better UX and SEO than a simple redirect.

No coding required

Set up your custom domain in minutes — without writing a line of code.

Your safety & privacy first

We'll never ask for access to your workspace or private data. We only work with public content.

Not just a redirect

We don't just forward URLs to roamresearch.com — your custom domain stays in the URL bar the whole time.

How it works

Input your public Roam URL and the custom URL you want

For example, roamresearch.com/#/example/wiki and example.yoursite.com.

Subscribe and receive your DNS record

You'll receive a CNAME record — we'll help you input it in the final step.

Add custom branding and more

We'll give you a chance to add branding, analytics and social metatags. You'll be able to do this at a later stage too.

Plug in your DNS record

Add the DNS record to your domain's DNS settings — we'll help with each step of this.

That's it! Your custom domain will soon be live.

What others have to say

Many popular tools today don’t allow you to add your own custom domain. Cloakist has allowed me to front a couple services I share to the public with domains that are easy to remember and help with brand boosting. There were a few little hiccups early on, but the Cloakist team was beyond kind and helpful in helping me figure things out. If you’re not a DNS expert, I recommend them…if you are a DNS expert…I recommend them.

Julie - CEO at ZibaSec

Cloakist’s cheap and easy solution was a godsend for my public Roam database. All I had to do was fill out a short form, change some DNS settings, and the custom domain was up and running in less than 2 days. Couple this with responsive customer support. It’s a no brainer.

Jack - Founder at DAObase

A significant barrier to using Roam Research for my public work was my inability to use my own domain name. It's important to me to be clearly associated with my work so this was non-negotiable. Cloakist solves this problem neatly and was quick & easy to setup. We had one problem with the setup at the beginning which the team worked quickly to solve. If you have the same need I can recommend giving this service a try.

Matt - Founder at The Art of Navigation

Get started

Pricing starts at $10/m and you can try Cloakist out first for free

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FAQ

What steps are required?

Go to https://cloak.ist/startInput your Roam URL and desired custom URL.Checkout and wait to receive the DNS records for your custom Roam domain.Plug the DNS records we send you into your domain's DNS settings.
Your RoamResearch site will soon be live at your custom domain!

Can you elaborate on pricing?

It costs $10 per month to put roamresearch.com/#/example1 at example1.yoursite.com. It costs an additional $10 per month to put roamresearch.com/#/example2 at example2.yoursite.com, and so on. For any custom CSS or JS requirements, it costs $25 per month.

How does Cloakist handle my data?

Cloakist does not require any kind of security access to the workspace or data behind your public site — we simply give you a way to serve a public site at a custom domain. You can think of us as a CDN for URL-branded public sites, plus some extra wiring to ensure your dynamic content, page links and other tricky stuff all behave correctly.

Can I trust your DNS records and will my sites ever go offline?

Cloakist is primarily hosted in AWS, allowing us to offer you the same security, redundancy, scalability and key management trusted by the likes of Netflix, Spotify, Slack and other high-profile companies. In order to let you make your public sites available at your company's domain (with SSL), Cloakist requires you to add a few records to your domain's DNS settings. These records will all point to servers controlled by AWS Cloudfront.

Put your public Roam at your domain