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Omnom: Self-hosted bookmarking with searchable, wysiwyg snapshots

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Re: Omnom: Self-hosted bookmarking with searchable, wysiwyg snapshots

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Post by osipov »

pratio wrote: post #9

I have settled on https://readeck.org/ it's absolutely brilliant. It supports postgres and a service with systemd. omnom looks promising, will keep an eye on it.

the only factor that's stopping me from moving to readeck is a lack of import functionality for evernote bookmarks. otherwise, i'd be 100% on readeck.

Re: Omnom: Self-hosted bookmarking with searchable, wysiwyg snapshots

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Post by MrJohz »

I've wanted something like this for a while, although I've not looked into it much.

That said, the snapshot search either isn't working, or isn't doing what I'd expect it to do. If I search for `fsf`, the snapshot search finds the FSF's website. But if I search for text that appears in the snapshot of the homepage (e.g. "sysop" or "sysops"), then I get no results.

I would expect the snapshot search to work roughly like Google, but for these limited snapshots of pages, but it appears to only search the URLs, maybe the page titles?

Re: Omnom: Self-hosted bookmarking with searchable, wysiwyg snapshots

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Post by asciimoo »

MrJohz wrote: post #14

I've wanted something like this for a while, although I've not looked into it much. That said, the snapshot search either isn't working, or isn't doing what I'd expect it to do. If I search for `fsf`, the snapshot search finds the FSF's website. But if I search for text that appears in the snapshot of the homepage (e.g. "sysop" or "sysops"), then I get no results. I would expect the snapshot search to work roughly li…

You can find detailed search (including title/content) using the bookmarks endpoint. Snapshot search is currently only for finding multiple snapshots for a single URL/domain. Probably it should be emphasized, or content based search should be available there as well. Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Omnom: Self-hosted bookmarking with searchable, wysiwyg snapshots

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Post by mstef »

viraptor wrote: post #6
mstef wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the difference is, that archive.ph snapshots something in headless. omnom snapshots the exact same state that your browser is displaying you. so if there is js interactions that change the dom, those will be snapshotted, unlike with archive.ph. also lets not forget that archive.ph wraps everything in their own frame and has their own way of mangling the result. not in a bad way, it's just not the original as it would…

Archive.ph is often used, because the "js interactions that change the dom" is typically a paywall. And you won't want it.

btw it is perfectly fine to circumvent a paywall with archive.ph and then to snapshot it with omnon so your bookmark never linkrots away. also when i say "js manipulation" i also mean stuff like captchas, or dynamic documents that you change by interacting with it, or even private services like e.g. rocket chat hidden behind some barrier like http auth, or private vpn. archive.ph will never have access to what your browser might have access to.

Re: Omnom: Self-hosted bookmarking with searchable, wysiwyg snapshots

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Post by mbreese »

I've been using Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) for a few months. So far, I like it. I particularly like having an iOS app so sharing new bookmarks from different apps is really easy. Instead of pulling from the browser, it retrieves its own copy with a headless Chrome, so if you need a login, the snapshot breaks. But, overall, I've been pretty happy.

But, I'll definitely check out Omnom too!

https://karakeep.app/

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