PocketAbout Karakeep
When Mozilla shut Pocket down, Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) became the obvious refuge: a self-hosted 'bookmark everything' app for links, notes, images and PDFs — with your archive stored on your own server where no one can sunset it.
Its trick is automatic AI tagging: point it at OpenAI or a local Ollama model and every save gets organized without manual effort, while full-text search (Meilisearch) finds anything instantly. Full-page archiving preserves content even after the original disappears.
AGPL-3.0 licensed with browser extensions and mobile apps, Karakeep is the read-it-later service that can't be taken away from you.
What makes it different
Links, notes, images and PDFs in one archive, with lists and tags.
OpenAI or local Ollama models tag every save automatically.
Meilisearch-powered search across everything you've ever saved.
Stores full page content so links survive even when the source dies.
TypeScript
Next.jsMeilisearch
DockerThe honest read
- Your reading list can't be shut down
- AI tagging with local-model option
- Fast full-text search
- Browser extensions + mobile apps
- Archives full page content
- Needs a server to self-host
- AI tagging needs an API key or Ollama
- Young next to long-lived rivals
- No official hosted version
Quick answers
Yes — Karakeep is free, open-source (AGPL-3.0) software you self-host. Your only cost is the server it runs on.
Yes — the project was renamed from Hoarder to Karakeep. Same codebase, same team, new name.
Connect an OpenAI-compatible API or a local Ollama model, and Karakeep tags each bookmark automatically — fully private if you use local models.
Yes — it can store full page content and screenshots so saves remain readable after link rot.
Yes — iOS and Android apps plus Chrome and Firefox extensions for one-tap saving.
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