Linkwarden

What is Linkwarden?

Linkwarden is an open source bookmark manager that saves and preserves the pages you care about. When you save a link, it also captures a screenshot, a PDF, and a single-file HTML copy of the page, so the content stays readable even if the original goes offline or changes. You can self-host it or use the paid cloud.

What is Linkwarden best for?

People and teams who bookmark pages to actually keep them — researchers, writers, and anyone tired of clicking a saved link to find a dead page. Its collections, permissions, and public sharing make it a strong fit for teams building a shared library, and self-hosting keeps the whole archive on your own server.

What can Linkwarden do?

• Archive every link automatically as a screenshot, PDF, and single-file HTML page to beat link rot
• Organize links with collections, nested sub-collections, and tags
• Read saved pages in a clean reader view with text highlighting and annotations
• Search the full text of everything you’ve saved, plus advanced search filters
• Auto-tag links with an optional local AI model
• Collaborate with multi-user collections, granular permissions, and public share links
• Subscribe to RSS feeds so new articles are saved into a collection automatically
• Save from anywhere with a browser extension, official iOS and Android apps, and bookmark sync via Floccus

Where does Linkwarden fall short?

• There’s no permanent free cloud tier. Linkwarden Cloud is paid only ($3/user per month) after a 14-day trial, so “free” means self-hosting it yourself — unlike Raindrop.io, which keeps a free plan.
• Full-page preservation runs a headless Chromium browser to capture screenshots and PDFs, which is memory- and storage-hungry. Expect it to want more RAM and disk than a bookmark manager that only stores the URL.
• The AI auto-tagging isn’t a built-in hosted model when you self-host — it relies on a local LLM you run through Ollama and point Linkwarden at, which is extra setup.

Is Linkwarden free?

Partly. Linkwarden is free and open source (AGPL-3.0) to self-host — you only pay for the server it runs on. The managed Linkwarden Cloud has no permanent free plan: after a 14-day trial it’s $3 per user per month (with a discount billed annually), including 30,000 links per user and hosted archiving.

What does Linkwarden replace?

Linkwarden is a self-hosted alternative to Raindrop.io and to Pocket, the read-it-later app Mozilla shut down in July 2025. It covers the same save-and-organize job, and its full-page archiving goes further than a plain bookmark or read-later list — your saved pages are preserved, not just linked.

FAQ

Is Linkwarden open source? Yes. Linkwarden is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and the full source is on GitHub. You’re free to self-host it, inspect it, and modify it.

Can I self-host Linkwarden for free? Yes. Self-hosting is free — you run it with Docker and a PostgreSQL database and only pay for your own server. The hosted Linkwarden Cloud is the paid option.

Is Linkwarden a good Pocket or Raindrop alternative? For most people, yes — independent reviews rate it among the closest feature matches and it imports Pocket and Raindrop exports well. It goes further on preservation by archiving whole pages, though Raindrop’s free hosted plan is easier if you don’t want to run a server.

What do I need to run Linkwarden? A server with Docker and Docker Compose, plus a PostgreSQL database. Because it captures screenshots and PDFs with a headless browser, give it enough RAM and disk for the page archives you expect to keep.