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karakeep-app / karakeep

karakeep

A self-hostable bookmark-everything app (links, notes and images) with AI-based automatic tagging and full text search

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43Mentions
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30.5KGitHub stars
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What it is

A self-hostable bookmark-everything app (links, notes and images) with AI-based automatic tagging and full text search

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

Ask HN: How do you keep track of the articles, papers and videos you save? direct repository linkDebated

The discussion centers on whether users need specific tools to track saved articles or if the issue stems from flawed collection habits, with participants debating the utility of tools like Zotero and Karakeep versus questioning the premise of saving content at all. Strong disagreement exists between those who argue for solving the root problem of over-collection and those who seek practical solutions for retrieving resources after a delay.

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HN mentions by month43 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2024-09-13 21:04:40 UTC to 2026-10-26 09:43:06 UTC.

02462024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 20242024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsSep 20252025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 commentsOct 2026

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Sep 20242024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Oct 20242024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Nov 20242024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC211
Dec 20242024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
Jan 20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20252025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Mar 20252025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Apr 20252025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC202
May 20252025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC707
Jun 20252025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 20252025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC303
Aug 20252025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Sep 20252025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Oct 20252025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Nov 20252025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Dec 20252025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20262026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20262026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20262026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Apr 20262026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC202
May 20262026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Jun 20262026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20262026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Aug 20262026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC312
Sep 20262026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20262026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC404

What Hacker News says

43 sources
I'm probably in the minority but I can't stand having more than 10 tabs and I start have the urge to finish the task that I'm focused on to just close as many tabs as possible. So I really read the people talking about 100s of tabs and when I see a colleague having them, I feel that my cognitive ability to deal with that is not there. I understand that people would like to keep things and that bookmarks sucks, but I would suggest for those to explore Hister [1] and Karakeep [2]. It is much useful that I don't worry about losing stuff now. [1] https://github.com/asciimoo/hister/ [2] https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep
In Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs
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In Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?
> I believe this is a very flawed way of thinking that misunderstands why companies actually pay for software services. What you have described is essentially to hire an AI to provide the service. Our current LLM-based systems are not capable of this and probably won't be with the currently used technology. Software services is not the code. The code is frankly the least important part. I think you are mistaken. You still need to pay someone to host the service, but that someone can be a non profit or coop who operates the open source software for you. For example, Karakeep is open source (https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/) but I pay monthly for it so I don't have to maintain an instance. At any time, I can dump my data, startup the open source software elsewhere, and I'm off to the races. Another example is OpenTofu and OpenBao (
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part of the Linux Foundation) replacing Hashicorp's Terraform and Vault commercial offerings, if your org has the appetite to operate those open source infrastructure offerings. If the code is open source, I/we can pay anyone willing to run it to run it, either as an individual or a corporation. I can incorporate a non profit or B Corp to run it. The code belongs to anyone, not an entity to be passed around for future potential cashflows by squeezing the customers who require the software it has ownership of. Certainly, maintenance of the subject software and its operation will still require resources and people, but those consuming the software have the control instead of a for profit entity. Organize software starting with the most profitable and start building with the software factory. For profit software industry margin is software consumer and user opportunity. Someone will still need to operate the open source outputs of this process, that is the economic opportunity. It is no longer "Who will build this?" The question is now "Who will operate this open code for me?" (i have both worked as an early employee at a SaaS startup and currently have a budget for buying software and SaaS products in the context of risk management and cybersecurity, and also am encouraged by my org to build solutions using AI whenever potentially more advantageous than purchasing a product or SaaS solution, so I am very familiar with this topic) Edit: Similar vibes to https://huddleup.substack.com/p/the-savannah-bananas-just-co... | https://x.com/JoePompliano/status/2085007330748383441 > The Savannah Bananas spent hundreds of thousands of dollars building their own secondary ticketing platform. > No fees, every user is verified, tickets can only be sold for face value > In just 5 months, it's already saved fans $13.69M.
In Harvest hikes bills by 1500% after purchased by Bending Spoons
Great work! Recommend supporting Zotero as a first class citizen for importing papers, as well as Karakeep. That should cover paper and bookmark storage for importing context. Do you have a recommendation on how to important all of a specific user’s HN comments as part of this workflow for knowledge base compiling? https://www.zotero.org/ https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep https://docs.karakeep.app/integrations/mcp/
In Show HN: MindBase – an LLM that maintains a wiki from your notes and papers
I pay for https://karakeep.app/ (also open at https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/), create a list per friend, and then share that list to the friend (who can also subscribe using an RSS feed). Items to share are added to the respective lists. URLs added via Karakeep are automatically captured and archived in my instance. This model also enables federation between Karakeep instances, if so desired. Mobile apps are available.
In Ask HN: In 2026, how do you share a list of URLs to the public (or friends)?

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