# Pinboard

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Pinboard and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for easy bookmarking and tagging that does just the essentials. The most common caveat is weak support, and some note trouble exporting their data.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy bookmarking and tagging (3 comments): "This works so well that I went through and bookmarked and tagged all of my LinkedIn connections as well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47296100)) "A couple clicks in pinboard and I had a list of great NYC recruiters." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49503424)) "making bookmarking pages and adding notes incredibly easy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47217200))
- Simple, bare-essentials bookmarking (2 comments): "I've been happy with Pinboard for many years now, which does just the bare essentials." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46530835)) "Simple, usable, timeless." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46005077))
- Reliable for years of use (3 comments): "I've been happy with Pinboard for many years now, which does just the bare essentials." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46530835)) "I switched to using Pinboard for all bookmarking and never looked back." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46533864)) "but I haven't had any issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46535127))

## What people warn about

- Weak support and hard data export (2 comments): "It's an incredible resource but also woefully under-supported." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541356)) "I had a lot of difficulty getting my data out and there is no support" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46534652))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Karakeep](https://hackerapproved.com/p/karakeep.md): 23 recommend
- [Linkding](https://hackerapproved.com/p/linkding.md): 13 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

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://pinboard.in/)

## Cite as

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