firefox sync is pretty good for that. it is e2e and you can host your own instance
Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
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Re: Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
#22https://histre.com/ It has a strong privacy policy, full API access to all your data, and the ability download your data as a zip file. When you delete something / delete your account, it is truly gone, not soft-deleted. It is really fast (no bloated SPAs) too. It can automatically import your bookmarks, and will make ongoing knowledge management, sharing etc seamless. The extensions are open source: https://histre.c…
According to the linked page, Histre is for “supercharging Teams with AI”. What does that even mean and what does it have to do with bookmark management?
Thanks for checking it out.
We’re solving knowledge management and collaboration in teams. At an individual level, bookmarks are an important input for knowledge. So we solve that.
> “Supercharing teams with AI” What does that even mean
We use gpt4 to summarize and auto organize knowledge: which could be from team chats, documentation, bookmarks, etc. This helps teams collaborate better without having to play Sherlock on team chat logs etc… hope that makes sense…
I do agree with you that I need to do a better job of describing it. I’ll work on it. Thanks for your feedback!
Re: Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
#23https://raindrop.io/
I like Raindrop. Developed by an indie dev, no ads and tracking, revenue comes from subscriptions.
Re: Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
#24I use OneTab, it is perfect for me, with the caveat that it has no categorization or sync, neither of which I really need.
Re: Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
#25https://raindrop.io/ I like Raindrop. Developed by an indie dev, no ads and tracking, revenue comes from subscriptions.
I second Raindrop. I've been looking for a good bookmark manager for a long time until I discovered it earlier this year. Haven't looked back.
Re: Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
#26Pinboard.in ?
Worth reading the “What Happened to Pinboard” threads before considering it.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Re: Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
#27Shiori is nice, and has an extension. You can self host the server. https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori
Trouble with every update.
When you install it, it works, but upgrading and migrations don't work, so you're stuck with an inaccessible database of bookmarks.
I was very disappointed.
Re: Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
#28firefox sync is pretty good for that. it is e2e and you can host your own instance
Last time I tried, v1, the setup process was very complicated.
V2 then was even more complicated and undocumented.
Has that improved?
Re: Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
#29Shiori is nice, and has an extension. You can self host the server. https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori
Tried it RN.
Can't say it's good (a lot of rough edges in the UI) but... it works? And I pushed my FF bookmarks to it without problems. Guess I stick with it for now.
Thanks.
Re: Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been using Pinboard for seven years. Signed up for another 10 years last year - it just works. Explain what you mean by zombie ?
I've used Pinboard for years (10 year anniversary coming up in July 2023). By "zombie", I mean that it continues to function, but it's a dead product. Support is often non-existent, and there's been no enhancements for years. If I were looking for the same sort of product today, I'd steer clear of it in favor of something that seemed more like its operator cared.
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