linkding is a bookmark manager for saving links and web pages so you can find them later, and you run it on your own server. It is aimed at people who want a simple, self-hosted place to keep their bookmarks.
Has 3 of 8 · Sorts things automatically ✗
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 the whole 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 5 of 8
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 the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
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 7 of 8
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 the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Readeck is a web app that saves the readable text and pictures of web pages you like, so you can keep them and read them later. It is for people who want to keep bookmarks and articles that could disappear from the internet.
Has 3 of 8
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 the whole 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.
Help me choose
I want to pick an open-source replacement for Raindrop.io. 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.
- linkding: linkding is a bookmark manager for saving links and web pages so you can find them later, and you run it on your own server. It is aimed at people who want a simple, self-hosted place to keep their bookmarks. [Advanced setup; runs on a server you set up; replaces fully; MIT; https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding]
- 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 fully; AGPL-3.0; https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden]
- 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 fully; AGPL-3.0; https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep]
- Readeck: Readeck is a web app that saves the readable text and pictures of web pages you like, so you can keep them and read them later. It is for people who want to keep bookmarks and articles that could disappear from the internet. [Advanced setup; Windows · Mac · Linux; replaces fully; AGPL-3.0; https://codeberg.org/readeck/readeck]
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/bookmarks.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.
Before you build
Read the list of open-source projects at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/bookmarks.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:
