linkding
linkding is a free, open-source bookmark manager designed for self-hosted deployment.
What linkding is
linkding is a free, open-source bookmark manager designed for self-hosted deployment. It fetches bookmark titles, descriptions, icons, and preview images, while tags, Markdown notes, bulk editing, and read-it-later tools support organization. Search accepts words, quoted phrases, tags, and AND, OR, NOT, and grouping expressions. Bookmarks can be imported or exported in Netscape HTML format and shared with users or guests. Website snapshots can be saved as local HTML files or sent to the Internet Archive. Firefox and Chrome extensions add or search bookmarks, including from the address bar. A REST API supports scripts and third-party applications, and authentication options include OpenID Connect and proxies. Docker uses SQLite by default, supports PostgreSQL, and works on ARM devices such as Raspberry Pi. The latest-plus image enables HTML snapshots but requires more image size, memory, and disk space.
Good
- Free and open source under the MIT license
- Supports tags, notes, and bulk editing
- Provides flexible search expressions
- Offers browser extensions and a REST API
- Works with SQLite, PostgreSQL, and ARM
Watch out
- Self-hosted setup is required
- Latest-plus needs more memory and disk space
Who it suits
It suits people who want to host and organize bookmarks themselves, including users needing browser extensions, sharing, APIs, or archival.
Verdict
linkding offers broad bookmark organization, sharing, search, and archiving in a self-hosted package. Its deployment choices are flexible, though snapshot support adds resource requirements.
The facts
Each one read from linkding's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Linkding provides a REST API for scripts and third-party applications.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API and authentication
- It provides a REST API and supports single sign-on through OpenID Connect or authentication proxies.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Archiving
- It can create website snapshots as local HTML files or on the Internet Archive; HTML snapshot archiving is included in the `latest-plus` image variant.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Authentication integrations
- Linkding supports OpenID Connect single sign-on and authentication proxies such as Authelia.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Bookmark features
- It fetches bookmark titles, descriptions, icons and preview images, and supports bulk editing and Netscape HTML import and export.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Databases
- Linkding uses SQLite by default and also supports PostgreSQL.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The installation guide recommends container solutions such as Docker, and says its image supports ARM platforms including Raspberry Pi.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment variants
- The latest-plus Docker image includes HTML snapshot archiving and requires more memory and disk space than the basic image.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- Bookmarks can be imported and exported in Netscape HTML format.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License
- The project’s GitHub repository identifies its license as MIT.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Managed hosting
- The project lists PikaPods and CloudBreak as managed services and Hostim.dev as a hosting platform; PikaPods has a revenue-sharing agreement with the project.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Metadata and archiving
- Linkding can fetch bookmark titles, descriptions, and icons, and archive websites as local HTML snapshots or on the Internet Archive.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The `latest-plus` image includes Chromium for HTML snapshots and therefore requires more image size, runtime memory and disk space.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Organization
- Users can organize bookmarks with tags and use bulk editing, Markdown notes, and read-it-later functionality.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- linkding is a self-hosted bookmark manager designed to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Search
- Search supports words, quoted phrases, tags, and AND, OR, NOT and grouping expressions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- By default, linkding blocks loading metadata, preview images and PDF snapshots from internal network hosts to help prevent server-side request forgery.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The project security policy says to report vulnerabilities by email and lists version 1.10.x as supported.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Sharing
- Multiple users can share bookmarks with other users or guests.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Storage and deployment
- The Docker image uses SQLite by default, supports PostgreSQL, and is compatible with ARM platforms such as Raspberry Pi.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser access
- The project provides Firefox and Chrome extensions for adding and searching bookmarks from a browser.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Browser integration
- The official Firefox and Chrome extensions can add and search bookmarks from the browser, including searching from the address bar.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Community apps
- The project community page lists third-party Android and iOS clients, desktop apps, browser extensions, utilities and API libraries.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The repository is maintained under the GitHub account sissbruecker.checked 7 Oct 2026
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