Pinry lets you save pictures from around the web onto boards and browse them as a tiled wall, like Pinterest. You run it yourself, so your collection stays private unless you share it.
Has 2 of 6 · Phone app ✗ +1
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
In your browser · Android · iPhoneAGPL-3.0Replaces partly
Karakeep is a place to save links, notes and images and find them again later, with automatic tags. It has apps for phones and a browser add-on. You run it on your own server.
Has 3 of 6 · No server needed ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Linkwarden saves web pages you want to keep, with a copy of each page, and sorts them into collections you can share. It is a good fit for building a private collection of things you found online.
Has 3 of 6
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
None of these match. Try another device.
Switching from Pinterest
Get your data out
Go to Settings, then Privacy and data, then Request your data, and tap Start request.
Within about 48 hours Pinterest emails a download link (sent through SendSafely).
Pinterest's page does not say what file format the data arrives in.
Help me choose
I want to pick an open-source replacement for Pinterest. Below is a list from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0), in the order its website shows it. The order is a starting point, not a verdict.
- Pinry: Pinry lets you save pictures from around the web onto boards and browse them as a tiled wall, like Pinterest. You run it yourself, so your collection stays private unless you share it. [Advanced setup; In your browser; replaces partly; BSD-2-Clause; https://github.com/pinry/pinry]
- Karakeep: Karakeep is a place to save links, notes and images and find them again later, with automatic tags. It has apps for phones and a browser add-on. You run it on your own server. [Advanced setup; In your browser · Android · iPhone; replaces partly; AGPL-3.0; https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep]
- Linkwarden: Linkwarden saves web pages you want to keep, with a copy of each page, and sorts them into collections you can share. It is a good fit for building a private collection of things you found online. [Advanced setup; In your browser; replaces partly; AGPL-3.0; https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden]
Setup rating: "Easy setup" means you can install it like a normal app, use it in a browser. "Advanced setup" means you must run it on your own server or use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Full details: https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/inspiration-boards.json
Before recommending anything, ask me these three questions (one at a time, in plain words): 1) Which device or devices will I use it on (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone)? 2) How comfortable am I with technical setup: only installing apps from a store, happy to follow a step-by-step guide, or comfortable with servers and the command line? 3) What is my budget: free only, or willing to pay for hosting or support? Then recommend one to three projects from this list only, and for each say why, using how fully it replaces the app, its setup rating, and the devices it runs on. If nothing on the list fits me, say so plainly instead of stretching.
Want an open Pinterest?
Before you build
Read the list of open-source projects at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/inspiration-boards.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
My project or idea: