CIcismonx·Apr 5, 2025Submission
Show HN: BookmarkFS – A pseudo-filesystem for managing web browser bookmarks
> Everything is a file.
Well, perhaps not _everything_, but bookmarks certainly could be.
With BookmarkFS, you can mount your browser bookmarks to the
local filesystem, and manage them flexibly using file management tools
and techniques.
For example:
# Mount Firefox bookmarks.
# - Replace <profile-name> with actual profile dir name
mount.bookmarkfs -o backend=firefox,rw \
~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-name>/places.sqlite \
/mnt/firefox
# Change working dir into the Firefox "Other Bookmarks" folder.
cd /mnt/firefox/bookmarks/unfiled
# Remove duplicate bookmark URLs (while keeping the first one).
# - Install "fdupes" using your distro's package manager,
# or download from <https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes>.
fdupes -dN .
# Move all HN posts into the subdirectory n
Read the rest
amed "Hacker News".
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f \
-exec grep -l news.ycombinator.com/item {} \; \
-exec mv {} ./Hacker\ News \;
# Mount Chromium bookmarks.
mount.bookmarkfs -o backend=chromium,rw \
~/.config/chromium/<profile-name>/Bookmarks \
/mnt/chromium
# Copy the "work" folder from the Firefox bookmarks toolbar
# into Chromium's bookmarks toolbar.
cp -R /mnt/firefox/bookmarks/toolbar/work \
/mnt/chromium/bookmarks/Bookmarks\ bar
# Dismount.
umount /mnt/chromium
umount /mnt/firefox
BookmarkFS is a hobby project in alpha stage, and you're likely to
experience bugs and quirks. Always backup your bookmarks before use.
Cheers!