Shaarli - Personal Bookmarking Service
Shaarli is a lightweight, self-hosted bookmarking service designed for individuals seeking a fast, database-free solution to manage and share links. It offers a minimalist approach to bookmarking, allowing users to save, organize, and share web content effortlessly on their own servers.
Key Features
- Link Management: Save, edit, and categorize links with customizable titles, descriptions, tags, and privacy settings.
- Multiple Use Cases: Use as a bookmark manager, minimal blog, read-it-later list, notepad, or knowledge base.
- Performance: Extremely fast due to its small datastore file and minimal disk I/O, even with thousands of entries.
- Self-Hosted: Full control over data with no telemetry, supporting imports/exports in HTML bookmark format.
- Extensibility: Supports plugins, themes, and a REST API for integration with other tools and clients.
- Views and Feeds: Offers tag clouds, picture walls, daily digests, and ATOM/RSS feeds for content access.
- Ease of Setup: Simple installation with no database requirement, making backups and configuration straightforward.
Target Users and Applications
Shaarli is ideal for tech-savvy individuals, developers, and privacy-conscious users who need a personal link-sharing tool. It serves as an alternative to commercial services like Delicious or Diigo, providing a private, customizable platform for managing online resources across devices. Whether used for personal bookmarking, sharing curated content, or drafting ideas, Shaarli ensures speed, simplicity, and data ownership.
