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Open-source bookmarks and read-later

9 bookmarks and read-later whose code is public under an OSI-approved license, rated for privacy with evidence. Picks first, then by score.

  1. Floccus Grade B

    Browser extension and Android app that syncs bookmarks through a user-chosen backend such as Nextcloud Bookmarks, WebDAV, Google Drive or Git.

    MPL-2.0. Source code

  2. Karakeep Grade B

    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.

    AGPL-3.0. Source code

  3. linkding Grade B

    Self-hosted bookmark manager with tags, Markdown notes, page archiving, multi-user sharing, a REST API and browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome.

    MIT. Source code

  4. Readeck Grade B

    Self-hosted read-it-later and bookmark application that saves articles, pictures and video transcripts, with labels, highlights, collections, e-book export and a browser extension.

    AGPL-3.0. Source code

  5. Shiori Grade B

    Self-hosted bookmark manager written in Go, with a web interface, command-line tool, import and export, and offline archiving of saved pages.

    MIT. Source code

  6. Unmark Grade B

    Open-source bookmark manager that treats saved links as a to-do list; it can be self-hosted or used through the hosted service at unmark.it.

    MIT. Source code

  7. XBrowserSync Grade B

    Browser extension and Android app that syncs bookmarks with end-to-end encryption through a community-run or self-hosted sync server, without an account.

    GPL-3.0. Source code

  8. wallabag Grade C

    Self-hostable read-it-later application that saves the text of web articles for distraction-free reading, with browser extensions, mobile apps, e-reader support and an official hosted service, wallabag.it.

    MIT. Source code

  9. Linkwarden Grade D

    Bookmark manager that saves full copies of pages as HTML, screenshots and PDF, with collections, tags, reader view and highlights; it can be self-hosted or used as a paid cloud service.

    AGPL-3.0. Source code

Compare all 11 bookmarks and read-later, open source or not.