Karakeep

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What it is

Complete system

What it does

A self-hosted bookmark and read-it-later app for links, notes and images, with AI tagging, full-text search, page archiving and browser and mobile clients.

Adopt it when

You want a self-hosted replacement for Pocket or Raindrop with automatic tagging.

Watch out

AI tagging needs an OpenAI key or a local Ollama model, and the stack (Meilisearch, headless Chrome) uses noticeable resources.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Self-hosted server, mobile app and browser extension

Built with

TypeScript, Next.js, React Native, SQLite and Meilisearch

How established

Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v0.34.1.

What the license allows

Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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Built from

Follow it down: Karakeep → TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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