Meet Your Bookmark Keeper

Linkding is a bookmark manager that respects your time. No social feed, no tracking, no ads. Just a fast list of links, a good tag system, and a search box that actually finds things.

It runs on the bones of Django and SQLite, which means it stays quick even after you stuff ten thousand bookmarks into it. The UI is tidy, the keyboard shortcuts are well thought out, and the REST API is good enough that a small village of community tools has grown up around it.

Why Linkding Makes Life Easier

• Tag your links once and find them again in seconds with tag-combo search.
• Archive pages to local HTML or the Internet Archive, so dead links stop costing you memories.
• Save bookmarks from any browser with the Firefox and Chrome extensions, or a one-line bookmarklet.
• Import your Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Pinboard exports in Netscape HTML format in one click.
• Share curated lists with teammates, friends, or the public.

Product Highlights

Markdown notes on every bookmark give you room for context, quotes, or a reminder of why the link mattered.

Bulk edits let you re-tag hundreds of bookmarks at once when the "read-later" pile finally gets triaged.

Automatic titles, descriptions, and favicons get fetched the moment you paste a URL, so your list looks like a proper reading list and not a wall of raw URLs.

A REST API plus community apps cover iOS, Android, Alfred, Raycast, shell scripts, and an OmniFocus bridge for the truly committed.

Install it as a Progressive Web App on your phone for a near-native feel without hunting in an app store.

Technical Specifications

• 🔖 Bookmarks with tags, Markdown notes, and read-later toggles
• 🔍 Full-text search across titles, descriptions, notes, and URLs
• 🗄️ Snapshot archiving, local HTML or Internet Archive
• 🧩 Official browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome, plus a bookmarklet
• 🔁 Import and export in standard Netscape HTML
• 🔐 Single sign-on via the ElfHosted login, no extra password to remember
• 🛠️ REST API and RSS feeds for building your own integrations

Let ElfHosted Handle the Heavy Lifting for Linkding

• Your bookmarks get backed up every day, so the one link you absolutely need next Tuesday will still be there.
• Updates land behind the scenes, so you get new Linkding features without a weekend of Docker fiddling.
• Your instance sits behind ElfHosted single sign-on, so sharing a tenant with family or a team stays simple and safe.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I import my existing bookmarks?
Yes. Linkding reads the Netscape HTML format that every major browser and Pinboard exports to. Upload the file from the Settings page and your bookmarks land with tags intact.

Does it work on my phone?
It does. The UI is responsive, and you can install it as a Progressive Web App for a standalone icon on your home screen.

What happens to my data if I cancel?
You can export everything at any time as Netscape HTML, which every browser and most bookmark apps can read back in. Your data is yours.

Can I share a bookmark list?
Yes. Bookmarks can be marked as shared, and you can hand out a public link so friends or readers can see your curation without creating an account.

Is there an API?
There is. A REST API with token auth covers bookmarks, tags, and users, and the community has built mobile apps, Alfred/Raycast workflows, shell tools, and browser integrations on top of it.

How many bookmarks can it handle?
Comfortably tens of thousands. Linkding is deliberately lightweight, and SQLite plus good indexing keeps search fast even on a very large collection.

Will I lose pages when the web rots?
Not if you turn on archiving. Linkding can keep a local HTML snapshot of every bookmark, push a copy to the Internet Archive, or do both.

The Elf Review
Linkding does the one thing it set out to do, quickly and without ceremony. A small, sharp tool for anyone who has been let down by browser bookmarks and a dozen failed note apps.

Linkding on ElfHosted gives you a fast, friendly place to keep every link worth keeping, with daily backups, ElfHosted SSO, and browser extensions that take the friction out of saving.

Start your 7-day free trial today and give your bookmarks a proper home at ElfHosted.