Linkding
Hacker ApprovedRanked 2 of 8 bookmark managers by recommenders
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.
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.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Self-hosted bookmark manager
“a self-hosted bookmark manager with an iOS app is pretty cool”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “Ribbon – A Linkding Client” “It can also send to a self-hosted linkding, quite nice”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep” “I've had success with self-hosted”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Perkeep – Personal storage system for life”
Other bookmark managers people recommend
The four most recommended other bookmark managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karakeep | 23 | 1 | 96% | 10 | — | Approved |
| LinkdingThis page | 13 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Pinboard | 10 | 3 | 77% | 7 | — | Approved |
| ClipNotebook | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Raindrop.io | 7 | 2 | 78% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“why implement a yet another wheel, and not "improve" already existing”
“has replaced Pinboard for me”
“It can also send to a self-hosted linkding, quite nice”
“It is a great and stable piece of software.”
“My main friction with it is having to manually capture pages I want to keep.”
“a self-hosted bookmark manager with an iOS app is pretty cool”
“I totally use those solutions daily”
“I've had success with self-hosted”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.