gobookmarks
Landing page to display bookmarks stored in GitHub, GitLab or local Git.
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Still maintained? Yes: 169 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.8.41 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Personal Dashboards: Linktree alternatives.
At a glance
gobookmarks quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 20
- Last commit
- 8 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.8.41, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "gobookmarks is a self-hosted personal landing page / start page that renders your bookmarks from a simple text file you own. Edit and store your data with visual tools or plain text, backed by Git (GitHub, GitLab, local Git, or SQL) so there is no lock-in and you always have history."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
gobookmarks scores 85/100, #11 of 19 in Personal Dashboards: 169 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.8.41, 12 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 20 stars add 5.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 14.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
169 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.8.41 released 12 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 5.3 / 20
20 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 169
- Last 90 days
- 346
- Last 12 months
- 8 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 19 tools in Personal Dashboards by health , between Heimdall (#10) and ryot (#12) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v1.8.41 · 12 days ago |
| Stars | 20 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | arran4/gobookmarks ↗ |
gobookmarks vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with gobookmarks (Personal Dashboards), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashy | 98 | 27k | MIT | today |
| portkey | 89 | 183 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Compass | 88 | 76 | Apache-2.0 | today |
| gobookmarks (this tool) | 85 | 20 | AGPL-3.0 | 8 days ago |
| LinkStack | 66 | 3.9k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Homepage by tomershvueli | 20 | 320 | MIT | 5.5 years ago |
gobookmarks: common questions
Is gobookmarks still maintained?
gobookmarks had 169 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.8.41, is from 12 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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