#1
Self-hostable bookmark-everything app for links, notes, images, PDFs, and archives with full-text search, AI tagging/summaries, RSS ingestion, and API access.
28.6k stars1.5k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
16 self-hosted Pinterest alternatives
Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform where users save, organize, and share images and videos as Pins on themed boards for inspiration and planning. It provides search, recommendations, and tools to save content from the web.
Alternatives to Pinterest
Self-hosted collaborative bookmark manager with reader mode, highlights, tagging, full-text search, and automatic webpage preservation as screenshots and PDFs.
19.6k stars831 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#3
Self-hosted bookmark manager with tagging, notes, read-it-later, sharing, archiving, import/export, browser extensions, and a REST API.
11.1k stars597 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#4
Buku is a fast, privacy-focused CLI bookmark manager storing bookmarks in a portable SQLite DB. It supports imports/exports, smart tagging, regex search and an optional web UI.
7.2k stars321 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#5
Pixelfed is a free, open-source, ActivityPub-based photo sharing social network that federates with the Fediverse for decentralized social media.
7.1k stars875 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#6
Self-hosted, single-user bookmark manager and link sharing app with tags, search, RSS/Atom feeds, REST API, and plugins—using file-based storage (no database).
3.9k stars313 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#7
Pinry is an open-source tiling image board to save, tag, and share images, videos, and web pages, with multi-user support and a full API.
3.4k stars372 forksBSD-2-Clauselast commit Slowing down
#8
LinkAce is a self-hosted bookmark archive to save, organize, monitor, and share web links with tags, lists, search, RSS feeds, and a REST API.
3.3k stars205 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#9
Grimoire is a self-hosted bookmark manager with tags, categories, fuzzy search, per-user libraries, metadata fetching, notes, and an integration API.
2.8k stars84 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#10
Open-source, self-hosted bookmarking app with tags, import/export, full-text search, REST API, OAuth and browser extension support.
1.2k stars49 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#11
Open-source, web-based bookmarking server with multi-user support, bookmarklet capture, and SQLite storage for easy self-hosting and maintenance.
913 stars32 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#12
Ephemera is a self-hosted web app for saving, organizing, and retaining links with searchable metadata, designed for personal or small-team link archiving.
872 stars25 forksMITlast commit Slowing down
#13
Self-hosted bookmark manager with tags, nested groups, smart groups, multi-user support, import/export, and browser extensions for quick saving.
830 stars36 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#14
Postmarks is a self-hosted, single-user bookmark manager that publishes and federates bookmarks over ActivityPub with Mastodon-compatible platforms.
546 stars43 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
A self-hosted web app for couples to upload photos/videos, create galleries, track moments on a timeline, set countdowns, playlists, and receive event notifications.
105 stars17 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#16
Self-hosted landing/start page that renders bookmarks from a plaintext file with visual editor, search, Git-backed history, and multiple auth providers.
19 stars0 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing Pinterest actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 14 of 16 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT, GPL-3.0, BSD-2-Clause. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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