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Karakeep

An open-source bookmark and read-later app with AI tagging and highlights.

Visit Karakeep4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web, iOS, Android

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What is Karakeep?

Karakeep (previously Hoarder) saves links, notes, images and PDFs, tags them automatically with AI and lets you highlight text on any saved page. It keeps full-page archives against link rot and offers a distraction-free reader, with apps for iOS and Android and extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Safari. It is open source under AGPL-3.0 and free to self-host with every feature; Karakeep Cloud has a free plan for 50 bookmarks and a Pro plan at $4 a month.

Pros: what Karakeep does well

  • Free to self-host with every feature
  • Highlights, full-page archives and AI tagging
  • Apps and extensions for every major platform

Cons: where it falls short

  • Self-hosting needs Docker and a server
  • The free cloud plan holds only 50 bookmarks

Who Karakeep is for

People who want to own their bookmarks and highlights on their own server.

Who can skip it

Anyone who does not want to run a server and saves a lot of links.

Compare Karakeep

See how Karakeep stacks up, side by side, plus the lists it made.

Karakeep alternatives

Not sold on Karakeep? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Reading resources

linkding

Focus: open source and github. Shares bookmarks and read later with Karakeep. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Chrome
4.6Visit

Raindrop.io

Focus: collections and search. Shares bookmarks and read later with Karakeep. Adds macOS and Windows. Rated 4.6 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb, Chrome
4.6Visit

Shiori

Focus: pocket alternative, open source and github. Shares bookmarks and read later with Karakeep. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Chrome
4.5Visit

wallabag

Focus: open source. Shares read later and self-hosted with Karakeep. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Rated 4.2 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, iOS
4.2Visit

Linkwarden

Focus: read it later, web archive and open source. Shares bookmarks and self-hosted with Karakeep. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

Readwise ReaderEditor's pick, verified

Focus: rss. Shares read later and highlights with Karakeep. Paid but Affordable (Karakeep: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Web AppPaid but AffordableWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Karakeep

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

ArchiveBox

Focus: web archive, offline copies and open source. Shares bookmarks and self-hosted with Karakeep. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, macOS
4.6Visit

Glasp

Focus: annotations and export. Shares highlights and read later with Karakeep. A browser extension, not a web app. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Browser ExtensionFreeChrome, Safari
4.4Visit

Glance

Focus: dashboard, start page and rss. Shares self-hosted with Karakeep. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Komga

Focus: comics, manga and ebooks. Shares self-hosted with Karakeep. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Kavita

Focus: ebooks, reading server and open source. Shares self-hosted with Karakeep. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

Matter

Focus: read it later, newsletter reader and text to speech. Shares highlights with Karakeep. A mobile app, not a web app. Free (Karakeep: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Karakeep: 4.5).

Mobile AppFreeiOS, Android
4.7Visit
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