Linkwarden vs SingleFile
Linkwarden and SingleFile are both bookmark manager software. Linkwarden is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 20k GitHub stars. SingleFile is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 23k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Linkwarden when
- You or a team want to collect and permanently preserve web pages together, with a hosted option if you do not want to run it.
- Pick SingleFile when
- You need faithful offline copies of web pages for reference, evidence or archiving.
Side by side
A self-hosted collaborative bookmark manager that saves pages as screenshots, PDFs and readable copies, with collections shared between users and annotation.
A browser extension for Chrome, Firefox and others that saves a complete web page, including images and styles, into a single HTML file, with a CLI version too.
Archiving every page takes disk space, and the hosted plan is the main funding source, so expect features to suit it.
Pages with heavy dynamic content can save imperfectly, and the AGPL applies if you build on the code.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server, cloud service and mobile app
Browser extension and command line
TypeScript, Next.js, PostgreSQL and Meilisearch
JavaScript
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes. (both)
20k GitHub stars
23k GitHub stars
Established: started 4 years ago, latest release v2.16.3.
Established: started 16 years ago, latest release v1.34.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.