# Linkding

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Linkding and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A self-hosted bookmark manager that people call stable and a good Pinboard replacement, with an iOS app and sharing from other tools. The main caveat is that pages must be saved manually.

## Why people recommend it

- Self-hosted bookmark manager (3 comments): "a self-hosted bookmark manager with an iOS app is pretty cool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48020806)) "It can also send to a self-hosted linkding, quite nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747527)) "I've had success with self-hosted" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45904352))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Karakeep](https://hackerapproved.com/p/karakeep.md): 23 recommend
- [Pinboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pinboard.md): 10 recommend
- [ClipNotebook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clipnotebook.md): 8 recommend
- [Raindrop.io](https://hackerapproved.com/p/raindrop-io.md): 7 recommend
- [Linkwarden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/linkwarden.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Linkding", https://hackerapproved.com/p/linkding/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).