Bookmark manager tool

Betula – self-hosted personal link collection manager

Betula is a single-user self-hosted federated bookmark manager with Fediverse support and archives.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Publish bookmarks, along with optional title and description/notes formatted with Mycomarkup.
  • Add tags to your bookmarks.
  • Fediverse:
    • Like and repost bookmarks from other Betula instances, and other software, sometimes.
    • Other Fediverse software such as Mastodon can follow Betula instances.
    • Follow other Betula instances and receive new bookmarks in your Timeline!
  • Make archive copies of web pages.
  • The whole collection is saved as a single SQLite file.
  • Search locally or search your mutuals’ Betula instances.
  • Bookmarklet.
  • RSS.
  • Miniflux integration.
  • Bookmarks can be public or private. Share only what you want to share.
  • Simple user interface that does not require JavaScript.
    • If you have JavaScript, you can use tag autocompletion.
  • IndieWeb microformats are produced.
  • Simple installation: the program is one binary, the collection is one file, all configuration is done through the web interface.
  • Built-in documentation.

Website: codeberg.org/bouncepaw/betula
Support:
Developer: bouncepaw
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

Betula in action

Betula is written in Go and JavaScript. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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