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Show HN: Shiori – Simple self hosted bookmarks manager

120 points| acrophobic | 8 years ago |github.com

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[+] roadbeats|8 years ago|reply
Hoping you don't mind a little shameless plug here, I'd like to talk about likedb: https://github.com/kozmos/likedb

It's a bookmarking database that keeps a copy of all your bookmarks in your computer, but automatically syncs to your other devices. Similar to what Chrome and Safari do between your desktop and mobile devices.

Although it's built particularly for Kozmos (getkozmos.com), you can build a service that syncs with that.

P.S If you'd like to build an import manager, you can use Kozmos' parsing library; https://github.com/kozmos/bookmark-backup-parser

[+] overcast|8 years ago|reply
Is it really necessary to hijack others "Show HN"? These types of posts should be banned.
[+] scrollaway|8 years ago|reply
Do any of these bookmark archivers integrate with youtube-dl to keep copies of videos for supported sites? I especially can't stand 404s with those. I mean fuck, my best youtube playlists are littered with "[Deleted Video]" entries and I don't even have the title to figure out where to find a copy.
[+] zaarn|8 years ago|reply
>Where possible, by default shiori will download a static copy of the webpage in simple text and HTML format, which later can be used as offline archive for that page.

This is the killer feature I've always been missing from so many bookmark managers.

Atm I use Shaarli but I want to preserve my bookmarks as they are now for the future.

I will definitely look into improving the archiving feature through pull requests.

What it seems to be missing is an addon or bookmarklet to quickly bookmark pages from the active browser tab and now way to import large collections into the database.

I'll test it out to see if the database can handle my bookmark collection (which should be approaching about 7000 links by now)

[+] satyanash|8 years ago|reply
Also have a look at Crestify[0]. It doesn't store local copies of the bookmarks, but instead archives them to Archive.org and Archive.today. It is open source and PRs are welcome.

[0] https://github.com/crestify/crestify

[+] diggan|8 years ago|reply
Slightly OT, but I'm looking for a bookmark manager to actually manage my current bookmarks. I'm using Firefox and I'm currently up to about 1000 bookmarks, organized in a couple of directories. But I'd like to have UI that can tag them, automatically sort by domain and more. The Firefox Bookmark Manager is not good enough when you have a lot of bookmarks.

Is there any tool out there? I don't want to export the bookmarks from Firefox but something that I can use from Firefox or import into Firefox again after organizing.

[+] bluehatbrit|8 years ago|reply
Full disclosure to start with, I work for the company building this.

We launched the latest version of Gurn (https://gurn.io) a few months back, it does bookmarks a little differently though. You assign keywords to your URLs, can collect multiple URLs under a single keyword, and sort them into lists. You can then invite others to collaborate on those lists.

You can then navigate to them directly through the browser bar. We currently support chrome and firefox with IE, Edge, and Safari all being worked on at the moment.

It's aimed mostly at teams but works really well individuals as well. I'm building the thing so take this with a pinch of salt, but I couldn't live without it now.

[+] joshu|8 years ago|reply
Someone should make some sort of web service for collecting and organizing links.
[+] tachyoff|8 years ago|reply
I'm a big fan of Pinboard, personally. It's super cheap and the creator is committed to never selling off my data (obviously there's an element of trust there, but then again, all web services involve an element of trust). Oh, and the $25/year plan offers link archival too.
[+] O_H_E|8 years ago|reply
>> Intended as a simple clone of Pocket

Finally, been waiting for so long for this. You have to pay premium to search with the tags....seriously

[+] geekit|8 years ago|reply
I use Instapaper for not just "read later" feature but as bookmarking too to later refer it. It has single level folders for organizing. Searched can be done on page title or cached copy of page.

As your solution is self hosted, it is good. Wish I knew Go tools to use it.

[+] notheguyouthink|8 years ago|reply
> Wish I knew Go tools to use it.

What do you mean?

[+] pmullins|8 years ago|reply
Looks promising. However, I really need a way to browse my bookmarks vs. searching them. Maybe that'll be added in a later update?
[+] dod9er|8 years ago|reply
Seems like a more powerful replacement for the nextcloud bookmarks app which I use. But a bookmarklet would really ease the workflow.
[+] deforciant|8 years ago|reply
This looks great, building and running it seems straightforward. Helm chart or K8s deployment.yaml template would be handy too :)
[+] JepZ|8 years ago|reply
Looks very cool.

Any plans for a browser integration/plugin? I save a lot of bookmarks, sometimes even multiple at once (with tree style tab).

[+] acrophobic|8 years ago|reply
Yeah, I have plan to create add on for Chrome and Firefox. The rest API for saving bookmarks is already there, so I think it should be easy enough to do.
[+] mariushop|8 years ago|reply
I just love the clean look of this. Looks like a labour of love for a personal tool. Nice feature, downloading the full HTML.
[+] stewbrew|8 years ago|reply
It would be nice if it were able to import (or sync some bookmarks with some tag etc.) with pocket.