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Ask HN: What simple tool do you use to manage your bookmarks?
I am looking for an easy and highly accessible tool to manage my bookmarks. It would be very nice if it is browser and platform independent.
- johncoltrane 7y agoI've been using pinboard.com since the open beta, almost ten years ago. One of the hidden (?) gems of the internet.
- quambene 7y agoDo you mean pinboard.IN?
- johncoltrane 7y agoOops.
- chrisked 7y agowww.pinboard.in is great. Could use some improvements, but it just works and is reliable. Highly recommended.
- quambene 7y agoWhat do you think about getpocket.com and flipboard.com? What are the cons of pinboard.in over the other two?
- andrei_says_ 7y agoSmall operation and simple functionality. No pressure to grow as a business (and sell my data or close doors). Also, the founder is an amazing writer.
- chrisked 7y agopinboard has less of user interface gimmicks. It’s mostly pure functionality and it just works.
- return1 7y agoI wanted the simplest way to save bookmarks, with a single click like i do in the browser, so i made this: https://pinplz.com https://pinplz.com You can browse chronologically (blog-like), by tag, by domain, leave notes. It also saves the referrer of the bookmark, which is handy when i can't remember where i found the link.
- amerkhalid 7y agoWordPress. Not simple to setup or free but once it is setup, it is pretty simple to use. I use bookmarklet on desktop and WordPress app on phone to post anything interesting to my bookmarks blog. It is pretty easy to search. Sometimes I use tags but usually not. It appears to be a messy collection of links, videos, quotes. But it works great for my purposes. Blog: https://www.chaosplay.com https://www.chaosplay.com
- Ultramanoid 7y agohttps://tiddlywiki.com https://tiddlywiki.com
- darekkay 7y agoI'm using Static Marks [1], my own tool to manage bookmarks. It's open source ans browser/OS independent. [1] https://darekkay.com/static-marks/ https://darekkay.com/static-marks/
- guyuzkr 7y agoI recently found out about Larder.io[1]. It nicely integrates with github stars, web clipper and has an API. I like it for it's simplicity as most of these tools are way too much for simple bookmarking. [1] https://larder.io https://larder.io
- frindo 7y agoI posted about an extension I built to help me manage my bookmarks yesterday. It sends you an email of all the bookmarks you make for that day at the end of a day (similar to a news letter). You can find it at linkdrop.co It sounds like you are more concerned with management than rediscovery, though, so it might not solve your usecase. In that case, I would definitely recommend getpocket.com for saving bookmarks across browsers/machines.
- giorgos_tsif 7y agoI’m building Tefter [1]. It’s a privacy-focused bookmarks manager with social aspects and feeds Features * Full-text search in the content of the bookmarked pages * Import from pocket, pinboard or browser * Ability to assign tags to bookmarks * Automatic tagging * Filter by tags, domain or user * Organise in lists * List subscription * Feeds (like theverge [2] or hackernews [3] ) * You can follow users and feeds and build you customised newsfeed * Archiving * Dead-link discovery * "read later" capabilities * Readable-mode (preserves only the content of articles - removes ads) * Powerful previews for youtube, soundcloud and mixcloud * Browser extension to quickly bookmark pages and search * Desktop and mobile apps * Slack integration * Public api and the list will keep growing! It’s currently in beta so feedback is welcome. [1] https://tefter.io https://tefter.io [2] https://tefter.io/~theverge https://tefter.io/~theverge [3] https://tefter.io/~hackernews https://tefter.io/~hackernews
- alok-g 7y agoI maintain a static HTML file with all my bookmarks, which also includes embedded search boxes for Google, Wikipedia, etc. It forms a much better home page + new tab page than anything else. File is automatically sync'd between various devices using variois tools.
- dhkxh 7y agoRelated question - how many bookmarks do you have and how do you use them? Because for my use I don't see a point of doing anything fancier that Ctrl-D to bookmark and keeping them in <5 folders in my browser.
- quambene 7y agoI am archiving many links in my desktop browser (about 50 folders with various subfolders and each with a dozen links). The problem is that I would also like to have them available on mobile devices. Sure, most of the time you will not need them again. But with increasing regularity I am remembering that I was reading something interesting somewhere and want to have a look again, but can't find it in the web anymore. Then, you can figure out more easily where you read it when having appropriate and well-structured bookmarks.
- raindropm 7y agoI recently spring clean my bookmark to bare essentials, because I found that I rarely use them anymore. If I want to read something, I save it to Pocket. RSS+Feedly for sites that I want to follow. For site that I want to keep for historical purpose, I save the url and screenshot in Google Keep, label it, archive and forget, without cluttering the bookmark. Actually, I also use this method (keep-archive) in Google Keep for keeping other site too (the 'archive' button is so satisfying to use. It lifts the burden to manage bookmark out of your head, and I know the information is there, in my Google Keep, if I want to see it again (Note: I don't) For sites I use frequently, I put it in new tab screen using chrome extension called Toby. If it start to accumulate, then I review it, discard it, or save it in specific label in Google keep.
- quambene 7y agoYour archiving method seems like a waste of time if a) you don't need them, and b) you could just save a bookmark with one click in your browser. I believe bookmarks (or something similar) have still its place in an increasingly digital world.
- raindropm 7y agoFunnily the another me deep inside somehow agree with you lol. I even think about it while archiving 'Do I really need it in the future?' However as a neat freak, archiving things, put it out of sight, gives me a bit peace of mind. With bookmark, I still see its accumulated through time and always feel the need to do something about it, even it not necessary. Maybe one day I will realize and decide that all the thing I save is just nonsense and throw everything away. One day...:)
- quambene 7y agoI can relate with you! However, to prevent the time-expensive and often difficult-to-answer question 'Do I really need it in the future?', I'm archiving (more or less) everything. Concerning your archiving method, I am suggesting: Create a folder in your bookmarks called 'Archive'. A psychological trick to reduce mental burden similar to the archive button in Google Keep :)
- diehunde 7y agoTake a look at Buku: https://github.com/jarun/Buku https://github.com/jarun/Buku