Pinboard
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 8 bookmark managers by recommenders
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.
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.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 77%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 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
Easy bookmarking and tagging
“This works so well that I went through and bookmarked and tagged all of my LinkedIn connections as well”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “How to Record and Retrieve Anything You've Ever Had to Look Up Twice” “A couple clicks in pinboard and I had a list of great NYC recruiters.”
Comment from 30 Aug 2026 on Hacker News “making bookmarking pages and adding notes incredibly easy”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “How to Record and Retrieve Anything You've Ever Had to Look Up Twice” Simple, bare-essentials bookmarking
“I've been happy with Pinboard for many years now, which does just the bare essentials.”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “A tab hoarder's journey to sanity” “Simple, usable, timeless.”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: What operating systems, apps, etc. had your favorite UI designs?” Reliable for years of use
“I've been happy with Pinboard for many years now, which does just the bare essentials.”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “A tab hoarder's journey to sanity” “I switched to using Pinboard for all bookmarking and never looked back.”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “A tab hoarder's journey to sanity” “but I haven't had any issues.”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “A tab hoarder's journey to sanity”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Weak support and hard data export
“It's an incredible resource but also woefully under-supported.”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Pinboard's DNS registration has expired” “I had a lot of difficulty getting my data out and there is no support”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “A tab hoarder's journey to sanity”
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 |
| Linkding | 13 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| PinboardThis page | 10 | 3 | 77% | 7 | — | Approved |
| ClipNotebook | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Raindrop.io | 7 | 2 | 78% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“waiting for Pinbord to be shutdown or put in read only mode”
“A couple clicks in pinboard and I had a list of great NYC recruiters.”
“It's an incredible resource but also woefully under-supported.”
“There are a small but healthy collections of RSS feeds with actual humans writing.”
“both of which make this self-recommending for me at least”
“This works so well that I went through and bookmarked and tagged all of my LinkedIn connections as well”
“making bookmarking pages and adding notes incredibly easy”
“instead of just trying Pinboard or one of the other dozen existing products that do the same thing”
“I totally use those solutions daily”
“but I haven't had any issues.”
“I had a lot of difficulty getting my data out and there is no support”
“Used to use pinboard but didn't like that archive feature was a subscription”
“I switched to using Pinboard for all bookmarking and never looked back.”
“I've been happy with Pinboard for many years now, which does just the bare essentials.”
“Simple, usable, timeless.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.