Karakeep — AI-Powered Bookmark Manager

What it is

Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) is a self-hostable bookmark management platform combining link saving, note-taking, and image storage with AI-powered automatic tagging and full-text search. It provides browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox, plus mobile apps for iOS and Android.

Karakeep is designed for power users and teams who want to own their bookmark data while getting AI-assisted organization without relying on third-party cloud services.

How it saves time or tokens

Karakeep uses AI to automatically tag and categorize bookmarks when you save them, eliminating manual tagging. Full-text search via Meilisearch indexes the content of saved pages, so you find bookmarks by what they contain rather than remembering titles. Local Ollama support means AI tagging runs on your hardware with no API costs.

How to use

1. Deploy with Docker:

docker compose up -d
# See https://docs.karakeep.app/Installation/docker

1. Open http://localhost:3000 and create your account
2. Install the browser extension (Chrome/Firefox) for one-click saving
3. Configure AI tagging (OpenAI API key or local Ollama endpoint)

Example

# docker-compose.yml (simplified)
services:
  karakeep:
    image: karakeep/karakeep:latest
    ports:
      - '3000:3000'
    environment:
      MEILI_ADDR: http://meilisearch:7700
      OLLAMA_BASE_URL: http://ollama:11434
    volumes:
      - karakeep_data:/data

  meilisearch:
    image: getmeili/meilisearch:latest
    ports:
      - '7700:7700'
    volumes:
      - meili_data:/meili_data

Related on TokRepo

• Self-hosted tools — other tools you can run on your own infrastructure
• Knowledge graph tools — AI-powered knowledge management

Common pitfalls

• Not configuring Meilisearch, which means full-text search will not work on saved page content
• Using OpenAI API for tagging high volumes of bookmarks without monitoring costs
• Forgetting to set up regular backups of the data volume