Servas

Servas is a self-hosted web application for organizing and managing bookmarks. It focuses on fast saving and structured organization using tags and groups, with a modern responsive interface.

Key Features

• Tag-based organization for bookmarks
• Groups with nesting for hierarchical collections
• Smart Groups that auto-collect bookmarks based on tags
• Multi-user accounts with optional registration control
• Import and export of bookmarks (JSON and HTML)
• Dark and light themes with responsive UI
• Two-factor authentication (2FA)
• Companion browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome for one-click saving

Use Cases

• Personal or homelab replacement for cloud bookmark services
• Team-shared bookmark collections with separate user accounts
• Migrating browser bookmarks into a searchable, tag-based library

Limitations and Considerations

• Requires a PHP/Laravel runtime and initial setup (app key, migrations)
• Browser extensions are provided as a separate project and deployed separately

Servas is a solid choice if you want a clean, self-managed bookmark library with flexible organization features like nested groups and smart group rules. It can run with SQLite for simple deployments or MySQL/MariaDB for more traditional setups.