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Self-hosted with page archiving
Linkwarden ranks #3 of 11 in Bookmark managers, with an Alt Score of 82. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0, open source with paid hosting from $3/mo and available on Web, iOS, Android and Browser extension. 9 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
People and teams who collect a lot of web links and want them organized and permanently accessible rather than scattered across browser bookmarks — from individual researchers to collaborative teams, and especially users who want to self-host their own data.
Linkwarden saves each link along with an archived copy of the page (full HTML, screenshot, and PDF) so content stays accessible even if the original goes offline. It organizes bookmarks into collections and tags (including AI-assisted tagging), offers a reader view with highlighting and annotations, and supports full-text search across saved content. Collections can be shared or made collaborative so multiple users can contribute links to the same space. It's open-source and can be self-hosted or used as a hosted cloud service.
You save a URL through the web app, browser extension, or mobile app, and Linkwarden fetches and archives the page in the background. Saved links are sorted into collections and tags, and can be reopened later in a reader view, searched, or shared with collaborators or the public.
Where Linkwarden stands out
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Ranked alternatives
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Servas is an open-source, self-hosted bookmark manager built on Laravel/Inertia with a Svelte frontend, organizing bookmarks into nested groups filterable by tags.
mymind is a save-everything bookmarking tool that uses AI to automatically classify and tag saved links, screenshots, quotes and notes so users don't have to manually sort them.
Bookmark Ninja is a browser-based bookmark manager aimed at individuals and teams, offering tagging, a customizable multi-column dashboard, duplicate detection, a dead-link finder, and optional passwo.
Shaarli is a lightweight, open-source, self-hosted bookmarking tool that runs without a database, making it deployable on very limited hardware (including a Raspberry Pi).
Feature comparison
Rows come from the Bookmark managers checklist (14 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Linkwarden is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License AGPL-3.0 verified 2026-07-08
'spdx_id': 'AGPL-3.0'
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Pricing model OSS + paid hosting verified 2026-07-08
Cloud $3 /mo Per User Hosted by us Up to 30,000 Links All the premium features
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Starts at $3/mo verified 2026-07-08
Cloud$3 /moPer UserHosted by us
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Platforms Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension verified 2026-07-08
📱 Native iOS and android mobile apps ... 🧩 Browser extension ... 🔑 API keys
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Status active verified 2026-07-08
pushed_at: 2026-07-08T16:31:56Z
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Browser extension Yes verified 2026-07-08
Linkwarden offers a Browser Extension, which is opensource, just like Linkwarden itself!
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Full-text search of pages Yes verified 2026-07-08
🔍 Full text search, filter and sort for easy retrieval
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Tags & collections Yes verified 2026-07-08
📂 Organize links by collection, sub-collection, name, description and multiple tags
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Sharing Yes verified 2026-07-08
🌐 Share your collected links and preserved formats with the world
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Self-hostable Yes verified 2026-07-08
Here you can find everything you need to setup a fully fledged Linkwarden instance on your own server.
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Broken-link detection No verified 2026-07-08
Archives against link rot; no explicit broken-link detection/alerting.
since useful webpages can go away (see the inevitability of Link Rot), Linkwarden also saves a copy of each webpage as a Screenshot and PDF
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Highlights Yes verified 2026-07-08
📖 Reader view of the webpage, with the ability to highlight and annotate text
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API Yes verified 2026-07-08
README feature list includes API keys for programmatic access.
🔑 API keys
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Archive page copies Yes verified 2026-07-08
📸 Auto capture a screenshot, PDF, and single html file of each webpage
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linkwarden/linkwarden/main/README.md
FAQ
Yes. Raindrop.io, Diigo and LinkAce have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
LinkAce, Linkding and Servas — every license claim links its source.