๐Ÿ—„๏ธ A bookmark is a promise, a saved copy is yours โ€” six free archivers

A bookmark is a promise the website makes. A saved copy is a promise you keep. :file_cabinet:

Six free tools, told by what they keep.

Keeps the whole page โ€” :package: ArchiveBox ยท 28.9kโ˜…
HTML, screenshots, PDF, video. Feed it your browser history and it walks every URL in a headless browser, then builds you a searchable archive on your own disk.

Keeps your links, and tags them โ€” :brain: karakeep ยท 30.0kโ˜…
Bookmarks plus notes, with an AI labelling what you saved this time. Built for people who save fifty links a week and never look again.

Keeps a screenshot and a PDF of each โ€” :link: Linkwarden ยท 20.2kโ˜…
The one that looks like a product rather than a script, and stays on your server. Good for a shared reading list.

Keeps one page as one file โ€” :framed_picture: SingleFile ยท 22.7kโ˜…
A browser extension, no server, no account. The five-minute version: save, drop in a folder, done.

Keeps the article, readable forever โ€” :books: wallabag ยท 13.0kโ˜…
Clean text, no ads, no layout. The escape route for anyone leaving Pocket with a list they refuse to lose.

Keeps it in a single binary โ€” :card_file_box: Shiori ยท 11.7kโ˜…
Archive and search with no Docker and no database. The answer for a small server or an old machine.

Bookmark vs archive

The difference that decides everything:

bookmark โ†’ dies with the site
archive  โ†’ opens in ten years

:pushpin: Tonight: install SingleFile, save the three pages you would hate to lose, put them in a folder. Five minutes and they are yours.

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