Personal knowledge curation
save articles, organize via AI tagging
// official site: karakeep.app ↗
BOOKMARKS · PRO TIER
Karakeeppro
Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) is a self-hosted bookmark manager with AI features — saves links, auto-tags content via LLM, generates summaries, archives full-text + screenshot of pages. Modern alternative to Pocket, Raindrop, Pinboard.
// What it is
A closer look.
Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) is a self-hosted bookmark manager with AI features — saves links, auto-tags content via LLM, generates summaries, archives full-text + screenshot of pages. Modern alternative to Pocket, Raindrop, Pinboard.
The "Notion of bookmarks" — heavy on automation, visual, with API for browser extensions and mobile apps.
// Use cases
What it's for.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick Karakeep over the SaaS alternative.
Link archival
full-text + screenshot capture (links rot, archives don't)
Research collection
tagged, searchable library of references
Reading queue
read-it-later with full-text caching
Team-shared bookmark vaults
multi-user with shared lists
// Who it's for
Built for these teams.
If your team profile matches one of these, Karakeep is a strong fit out of the box.
Knowledge workers
building personal research libraries
Privacy-conscious users
rejecting Pocket / Raindrop cloud sync
Indie devs
maintaining inspiration / tool collections
Researchers
organizing reading lists by project
Teams
sharing curated content lists
// Differentiators
Why teams pick Karakeep.
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Karakeep consistently lands above the alternatives.
- ✓AGPLv3 — fully open
- ✓AI tagging — automatic content categorization
- ✓Full-text archival — pages saved as text + screenshot
- ✓Active development — frequent releases
- ✓Mobile apps — iOS + Android
- ✓Browser extensions — Firefox / Chrome / Safari one-click save
// Integrations
Connects to.
The stack you'll plug Karakeep into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
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Meilisearch
full-text search backend (built-in)
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Headless Chrome
page preview + screenshot (built-in)
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LLM providers
OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama for AI tagging (optional)
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Browser extensions
official Chrome / Firefox / Safari
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Mobile apps
official iOS + Android via App Store / Play Store
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API
REST API for custom integrations
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Importers
Pocket, Linkding, Netscape HTML, Omnivore
// Adoption & deployment
Notable users & community
- 15k+ GitHub stars (under "hoarder-app" → renamed Karakeep)
- Featured in self-hosted productivity guides
- Active GitHub Discussions community
- Backed by single dedicated maintainer with sustainable releases
- Default modern bookmark mgr for r/selfhosted in 2025
What we ship
- Docker stack: Karakeep + Meilisearch + headless Chromium
- Pinned
ghcr.io/karakeep-app/karakeep:release - Auto-generated NextAuth secret + Meili master key
- Persistent volumes:
/opt/karakeep/data+/opt/karakeep/meili - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt reverse proxy
- AI tagging documented — auto-detect Ollama on same VPS
- Backup hook covers data + Meilisearch index
// Tips & operations
Run it properly.
Operational guidance from running this in production — what to lock down, what surprises people.
// PERFORMANCE
Disable signups
after admin user — DISABLE_SIGNUPS=true in env
// SECURITY
AI tagging optional
pairs naturally with Ollama on same VPS (free) or OpenAI (paid)
// OPERATIONS
Persistent volumes critical
/opt/karakeep/data + /opt/karakeep/meili
// RELIABILITY
Chromium worker memory
preview generation can spike RAM
// DEPLOYMENT
Backup priority
your reading history is the asset
// SCALING
Browser extension
install + login to get one-click save
1024
// min ram (MB)
4
// min disk (GB)
3000
// access port
http
// protocol
pro
// bluixapps tier
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Project resources
Official sitekarakeep.app ↗