Betula
Single-user federated bookmark manager with Fediverse support and archives.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 10 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.8.1 (Jul 2026).
Comparisons in Bookmarks and Link Sharing: Pocket alternatives.
At a glance
Betula quick facts
- Health score
- 54/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 52
- Last commit
- 6 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.8.1, Jul 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Betula
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Betula scores 54/100, #16 of 19 in Bookmarks and Link Sharing: 10 commits in the last 90 days earn 11.7 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.8.1, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 52 stars add 6.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 23.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the Codeberg API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 11.7 / 35
10 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.8.1 released 4 months ago
- Stars 6.9 / 20
52 stars on Codeberg (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 10
- Last 90 days
- 66
- Last 12 months
- 6 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #16 of 19 tools in Bookmarks and Link Sharing by health , between SyncMarks (#15) and Espial (#17) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | v1.8.1 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 52 |
| Open issues | 28 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | codeberg.org/bouncepaw/betula ↗ |
Betula vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Betula (Bookmarks and Link Sharing), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karakeep | 98 | 30k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| LinkWarden | 97 | 20k | MIT | 4 days ago |
| linkding | 96 | 11k | MIT | 4 days ago |
| LinkAce | 94 | 3.4k | GPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Readeck | 92 | 1.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
| Betula (this tool) | 54 | 52 | AGPL-3.0 | 6 days ago |
Betula: common questions
Is Betula still maintained?
Betula had 10 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 6 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.8.1, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.