Briefkasten is a self-hosted bookmarking application for users who want to manage saved links on their own infrastructure.
It works with Prisma-compatible databases and offers a modern web interface for organising and retrieving bookmarks.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides self-hosted bookmark management.
- Works with Prisma-compatible databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.
- Supports categories, tags, and full-text search.
- Can import and export bookmarks in HTML format.
- Supports browser extension-based saving.
- Includes a REST API.
Website: github.com/ndom91/briefkasten
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Developer: Nico Domino
License: MIT License

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