Reminiscence
Reminiscence is a free, self-hosted bookmark and archive manager that combines link organization with a personal web archive.
What Reminiscence is
Reminiscence is a free, self-hosted bookmark and archive manager that combines link organization with a personal web archive. It can save pages as HTML, PDF, or full-page PNG and automatically archive linked non-HTML files such as PDFs, images, and text files. Bookmarks can be arranged in directories, edited, and searched by URL, title, tags, or summary. The built-in reader offers a readable view, annotations for archived pages and PDF or EPUB files, and saved reading positions. Multiple accounts are supported, with directories and links private by default; public and group directories are also available. A REST API supports token login and operations for saved URLs and directories. The project is AGPL-3.0 licensed and documents Linux installation and Docker-based self-hosting. SQLite is the default database, with other Django ORM-supported databases as alternatives. Optional automatic tagging and summaries are off by default; the README notes the tagging does not treat multi-word phrases as a single tag. JavaScript is removed from the original archived page view for security. The README says annotation works well on desktop browsers and mostly on Firefox on mobile.
Good
- Archives pages as HTML, PDF, or full-page PNG.
- Searches bookmarks by URL, title, tags, or summary.
- Directories and links are private by default.
- Includes a REST API for managing saved URLs.
- Supports annotations for archived pages and PDF or EPUB files.
Watch out
- Mobile annotation works mostly on Firefox.
- Automatic tagging does not handle multi-word phrases as one tag.
- Automatic tagging and summaries are off by default.
Who it suits
Reminiscence suits people who want to self-host bookmarks and archived web pages, with private directories, annotations, and a reader view. It is aimed at users comfortable with Linux or Docker deployment.
Verdict
Reminiscence combines bookmark organization, page archiving, and a reading interface in a self-hosted package. Its mobile annotation support is narrower than its desktop support, and automatic tagging has a stated limitation.
Plans and prices
From Reminiscence's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Reminiscence | Free | Self-hosted bookmark and archive manager · AGPL-3.0 licensed |
The facts
Each one read from Reminiscence's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accounts and sharing
- It supports multiple accounts and private, public, and group directories; directories and links are private by default.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API
- A REST API supports token login, adding URLs, listing saved URLs and directories, and logging out.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Archiving
- It can archive links as HTML, PDF, or full-page PNG, and automatically save linked non-HTML files such as PDFs, images, and text files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Automatic metadata
- Optional automatic tagging and summarization are implemented with NLTK and are off by default.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Automatic tagging and summaries
- Automatic tagging and summarization are off by default, and the README describes the method as simple and imperfect, including that it does not treat multi-word phrases as single tags.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data storage
- SQLite is the default database, and the project says users can substitute databases supported by Django ORM, such as PostgreSQL.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The project documents installation with Python and a Docker Compose setup, and describes the application as self-hosted.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Media archiving uses configurable third-party download managers; curl and wget are listed as defaults, and youtube-dl is given as an option.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies its license as AGPL-3.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The README says annotation works well on desktop browsers, while mobile annotation works mostly on Firefox.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- The README says automatic tagging cannot treat meaningful multi-word phrases such as “data structure” as one tag.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Organization
- Users can categorize bookmarks in directories, edit metadata, and search by URL, title, tags, or summary.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Organization and search
- Bookmarks can be organized into directories and searched by URL, title, tags, or summary.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The README says directories and links are private by default; archived media links are also not shared by default.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Reminiscence is a self-hosted bookmark and archive manager described as a hybrid of a bookmark manager and a personal wayback machine.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reader and annotations
- The built-in reader offers a readable view, and users can annotate archived pages and PDF or EPUB files while saving their last read position.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reading and annotations
- It provides a readability mode, annotations for archived HTML and PDF/EPUB files, and remembers the last reading position for HTML, PDF, and EPUB.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The documented installation requires Python 3.9 or later, and the README recommends Python 3.10 or later.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The reader removes JavaScript from the original archived format for security reasons, and the README advises migrating from versions using wkhtmltopdf because of a security vulnerability.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security detail
- The README says JavaScript is removed from the original archived page view for security reasons.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support limitation
- The README says annotation works well on desktop browsers and works mostly on Firefox on mobile.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Users and sharing
- It supports multiple user accounts, with private directories by default and options for public and group directories.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The GitHub profile identifies the repository owner as Abhishek K and lists Bengaluru, India.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform and deployment
- The README documents installation on Arch-based and Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distributions and provides a Docker setup for self-hosting.checked 11 Oct 2026
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