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Linkwarden — A self-hosted bookmark manager and web archive for preservation, search, annotations, and collaboration

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Stars
19,784
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 10, 2026

Overview

Linkwarden is a self-hosted bookmark manager that goes beyond storing URLs: it preserves pages as screenshots, PDFs, and single HTML files, adds reader-mode highlighting and annotations, full-text search, and shared collections. Its Docker stack uses PostgreSQL and Meilisearch, with optional local AI tagging. The latest release checked on September 17, 2026 is v2.16.3.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Preserve page content with the bookmark so link rot does not erase the reference

Linkwarden can capture screenshots, PDFs, and single HTML files for saved pages, and can optionally send a snapshot to the Wayback Machine. That makes it closer to a personal web archive than a URL-only bookmark list.

Sources: [2]

Use full-text search, annotations, and shared collections as a knowledge base

Reader view supports highlights and notes, while collections, sub-collections, and tags organize content for individuals or teams. v2.16.3 specifically improved large-scale link, search, tag, collection, and dashboard queries.

Sources: [2][6]

For individuals preserving long-lived references and teams sharing research collections

It fits workflows where the page content itself matters, not just the URL, and where search, annotations, and collaboration should live in the same self-hosted system.

Sources: [2]

Plan for archive storage, browser processing, and backups of both database and search state

Screenshots, PDFs, and HTML archives consume substantially more storage than bookmark metadata. Self-hosting also means operating PostgreSQL, persisted archive data, and Meilisearch. Settings that permit private-network access or insecure TLS should be reviewed carefully before enabling them.

Sources: [3][4]

Official sources

  1. [1]linkwarden/linkwarden — GitHub repository metadata(2026-09-17)
  2. [2]Linkwarden — README(2026-09-17)
  3. [3]Linkwarden — docker-compose.yml(2026-09-17)
  4. [4]Linkwarden — .env.sample(2026-09-17)
  5. [5]Linkwarden — package.json(2026-09-17)
  6. [6]Linkwarden v2.16.3 release(2026-09-17)
Supplemental curator note

Its differentiator is combining bookmark management with link-rot-resistant archiving and collaborative knowledge capture.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd linkwarden
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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Commits (last 30 days)
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Open PRs
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GitHub Topics

  • collaboration
  • self-hosted
  • typescript
  • nextjs
  • bookmark-manager
  • read-it-later
  • bookmark
  • react-native
Stars
19,784
Forks
843
Watchers
52
Open issues
625
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 10, 2026
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