Bookmarks and read-later
Karakeep privacy rating
Bookmark manager, formerly called Hoarder, for saving links, notes, images and PDFs with full-text search, page archiving and optional AI tagging; it can be self-hosted or used as the paid Karakeep Cloud.
Summary
Karakeep scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the bookmarks and read-later criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in the United Kingdom: Five Eyes member; GDPR-style data protection law; CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US.
Score 80 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No third-party trackers, and the apps have no telemetry by default. The website's Cloudflare Web Analytics are cookieless and aggregate-only.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by Karakeep Cloud subscriptions; the self-hosted version is free, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.