Pinboard
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pinboard, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Pinboard's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $22 a year | basic bookmarking · $22/year |
| Archiving | $39 a year | archiving · full-text search · $39/year |
The facts
Each one read from Pinboard's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Pinboard offers an API for adding bookmarks and lists developer libraries for it.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Archiving
- The paid archive saves copies of bookmarked pages and enables full-text search, including within PDFs.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Archiving limits
- Archived links have a 32 MB per-link limit, and paywalled pages may not be accessible to the crawler.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes Pinboard as a fast bookmarking site for privacy-minded people and highlights use for tab clutter, research links, papers, PDFs, and fandom collections.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Bookmarking
- Users can save bookmarks with tags and descriptions and access them from any computer.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Bookmark limit
- The FAQ says storing up to 100,000 bookmarks presents no problem.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Importing
- Imports support Delicious, Google Bookmarks, Safari, Firefox, Diigo, Netscape-style export files, and Instapaper CSV files.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Pinboard can automatically import links and tweets from outside services and sync with services including Instapaper and Pocket.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy controls
- Bookmarks can be private, and users can choose a completely private account through Privacy Lock.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy practices
- Pinboard says it does not share user data with third parties and does not use tracking scripts or show ads.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Pinboard is a personal archive for links found online that users can search later.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- Pinboard runs on its own servers and makes physical backups, but advises users not to store truly sensitive information.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users to email [email protected] for support and [email protected] for bug reports.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Users can connect up to three Twitter accounts and search an archive of their tweets.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2009checked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The maker lists browser extensions for Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, a mobile website, and third-party iOS and Android clients.checked 4 Oct 2026
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