linkding

Minimal bookmark management with a fast and clean UI. Simple installation through Docker and can run on your Raspberry Pi.

Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Still maintained? Yes: 61 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.47.0 (Sep 2026).

Also an alternative to Pocket.

Docker #3 of 19 in Bookmarks and Link Sharing

At a glance

linkding quick facts

Health score: 96/100 GOOD
Stars: 11,361
Last commit: 4 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release: v1.47.0, Sep 2026
Licence: MIT

View sissbruecker/linkding on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

In its own words

The project's README opens: "linkding is a bookmark manager that you can host yourself. It's designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

linkding scores 96/100, #3 of 19 in Bookmarks and Link Sharing: 61 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.47.0, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 11,361 stars add 16.2 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 3.8 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Commit activity 35.0 / 35

61 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
Release recency 25.0 / 25

v1.47.0 released 2 months ago
Stars biggest shortfall 16.2 / 20

11k 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

61
Last 90 days: 147
Last 12 months: 4 days ago
Last push

Ranked #3 of 19 tools in Bookmarks and Link Sharing by health , between LinkWarden (#2) and LinkAce (#4) .

Details

Licence	MIT
Platforms	Docker
Latest release	v1.47.0 · 2 months ago
Stars	11,361
Open issues	195
Docker	Yes
Repository	sissbruecker/linkding ↗

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linkding vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with linkding (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 (this tool)	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
Espial	47	924	AGPL-3.0	4 days ago

linkding: common questions

What does linkding replace?

Repoly lists linkding as an open-source alternative to Pocket. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where linkding stands against the others.

Is linkding still maintained?

linkding had 61 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.47.0, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.

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