Buku

A powerful bookmark manager and a personal textual mini-web.


Project Overview

Buku is a powerful open-source bookmark manager that allows you to take your bookmarks everywhere you go. It's a personal textual mini-web that provides a flexible command-line solution with a private, portable, and merge-able database. With buku, you can import bookmarks from your browser(s) or fetch the title, tags, and description of a URL from the web.

Main Features

Buku offers several key features that make it an excellent bookmark manager:

  • Private and Portable Database: Buku's database is designed to be private, portable, and merge-able, making it easy to share bookmarks with others or backup your collection.
  • GUI Integration: bukuserver provides a browsable front-end on a local web host server for those who prefer a graphical user interface.
  • Bookmark Importing: Buku can import bookmarks from your browser(s) or fetch the title, tags, and description of a URL from the web.
  • Search Functionality: Search bookmarks instantly with multiple search options, including regex and deep scan mode (handy with URLs).
  • Link Validation: Look up broken links on the Wayback Machine to ensure your bookmarks remain accurate.
  • Easter Egg: Enjoy an Easter egg that allows you to revisit random bookmarks.
  • No Tracking or History: Buku doesn't track your browsing habits, maintain hidden history, or store obsolete records.

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