Karakeep
The self-hosted bookmark-everything app — save links, notes and images, let AI tag them automatically, and find anything with full-text search. A Pocket alternative you own.
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.
Key features
- Bookmark everything — Links, notes, images and PDFs in one archive, with lists and tags.
- AI auto-tagging — OpenAI or local Ollama models tag every save automatically.
- Full-text search — Meilisearch-powered search across everything you've ever saved.
- Page archiving — Stores full page content so links survive even when the source dies.
The 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
FAQ
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.
TypeScript
Next.jsMeilisearch
Docker
