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Desktop App

buku

A private bookmark manager you control from the command line.

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  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    macOS, Windows, Linux

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What is buku?

buku is a bookmark manager and personal text mini-web. It can import bookmarks from Firefox, Chrome, Chromium, Vivaldi, Brave and Edge, fetch the title, tags and description of a link, search with regex, and check old pages on the Wayback Machine. Its README says there is no tracking or analytics, and a web interface called Bukuserver is included.

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Pros: what buku does well

  • Bookmarks stay in a private database you own
  • Imports from the main browsers
  • Search by tag, text or regex

Cons: where it falls short

  • Command line first, with a web view as an add-on
  • Needs Python

Who buku is for

People who save a lot of links and want them private and searchable.

Who can skip it

Anyone content with browser bookmarks.

buku alternatives

Not sold on buku? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Organization resources

Shaarli

Focus: link sharing, self-hosted and minimalist. Shares bookmarks and open source with buku. A website, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.4 (buku: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.4Visit

Linkwarden

Focus: read it later, web archive and self-hosted. Shares bookmarks and open source with buku. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web, iOS and Android. Rated 4.7 (buku: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

ArchiveBox

Focus: web archive, self-hosted and offline copies. Shares bookmarks and open source with buku. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.6 (buku: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, macOS
4.6Visit

Shiori

Focus: read later, self-hosted and pocket alternative. Shares bookmarks and open source with buku. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web, Chrome and Firefox. Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Chrome
4.5Visit

DBeaver

Focus: database, sql and data. Shares open source and github with buku. Rated 4.6 (buku: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

Free alternatives to buku

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Logseq

Focus: PKM, Note-Taking and Graph Database. Shares Open Source and Privacy with buku. Adds iOS, Android and Web. Rated 4.6 (buku: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

OpenRefine

Focus: data cleaning, spreadsheet and csv. Shares open source and github with buku. Rated 4.6 (buku: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

DbGate

Focus: database, sql and nosql. Shares open source and github with buku. Adds Web. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

VisiData

Focus: data, csv and spreadsheet. Shares open source and github with buku. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.5Visit

Spacedrive

Focus: file explorer, search and duplicates. Shares open source and github with buku. Rated 4.4 (buku: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit

Atuin

Focus: shell history, command line and sync. Shares terminal and open source with buku. Rated 4.7 (buku: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit
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