karakeep

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

⭐ 29,956 stars on GitHub · 🍴 1,595 forks · 📜 License: agpl-3.0 · 💻 Language: TypeScript

What is karakeep?

A standout opensource self-host project on GitHub — host on your own server for full control over your data and costs.

Main components

• Bookmark links, take simple notes and store images and pdfs.
• Automatic fetching for link titles, descriptions and images.
• Sort your bookmarks into lists.
• Collaborate with others on the same list.
• Full text & semantic search of all the content stored.
• LLM-based automatic tagging and summarization. With supports for local models using ollama!
• LLM Agents (e.g. OpenClaw, Hermes) friendly with powerful CLI, and official skills.
• Rule-based engine for customized management.

The biggest strength is active opensource community — fast bug fixes, regular features, no abandonment risk.

Best for self-host enthusiasts wanting to try a strong-community opensource project.

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

• 🏷️ bookmark-manager
• 🏷️ bookmarks
• 🏷️ bookmarks-manager
• 🏷️ nextjs
• 🏷️ react-native
• 🏷️ read-it-later
• 🏷️ self-hosted

📸 Screenshots

Quick install

See the README for detailed install instructions. Most projects support Docker — if the repo has a Dockerfile, use:

git clone https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep.git
cd karakeep
docker build -t karakeep .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 karakeep

Minimum system requirements

⚡ Deploy fast on VSIS

Use the VSIS VPS Lite 2GB RAM / 2 vCPU / 25GB SSD (~104k/tháng) plan from VSIS.NET — high-speed VN-based VPS, 24/7 support, ideal for running karakeep smoothly.

🎯 Benefits:

• One-command docker compose up -d deploy in 2 minutes
• Dedicated IPv4, root access, unmetered domestic bandwidth
• Daily snapshot backup
• Free install assistance from the VSIS team

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Resources

• 🔗 GitHub: karakeep-app/karakeep
• 🌐 Homepage: https://karakeep.app
• 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
• 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 24/10/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.