Faved vs Linkwarden

Comparing two open source alternatives to Pocket and Raindrop and Pinboard and Pinterest. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Faved

MIT

Free open-source self-hosted bookmark manager with customizable nested tags, fast search, and local data storage.

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Linkwarden

AGPL-3.0

Linkwarden is an open-source, self-hostable bookmark manager for collecting, reading, annotating, and preserving web content.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Faved	Linkwarden
License	MIT	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,320	19,944
Forks	73	860
Open Issues	10	678
Last Commit	Aug 5, 2026	Oct 2, 2026
First Released	Jun 3, 2025	Apr 9, 2022
Categories	Bookmark & Content Management Tools	Bookmark & Content Management Tools
Tags	#bookmark #read-it-later #self hosted #browser extension	#bookmark

GitHub stars over time

Faved

Linkwarden19,944

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