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Hoarder
AGPL-3.0Hoarder is an open-source bookmark and read-it-later tool replacing Raindrop with self-hosted privacy, local AI tagging, and full-page web archiving.
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Overview
Hoarder is an open-source bookmark and content manager designed to preserve web pages, personal notes, images, and documents on self-hosted infrastructure. Rather than storing pointers to remote sites that can vanish, it captures local copies and analyzes your reading list with on-premises or cloud artificial intelligence. The resulting repository keeps personal browsing history searchable and under your direct administrative control.
Why Hoarder instead of Raindrop.io
Raindrop.io provides a polished bookmarking service, but it operates as closed-source cloud software where your links, annotations, and reading patterns reside on external servers. Capabilities like full-text search across article bodies and permanent webpage caching also require a paid subscription. Hoarder eliminates third-party reliance by storing every bookmark, image, and note on your own server or NAS. Because full-text indexing runs locally through Meilisearch and content preservation uses Monolith to create standalone HTML snapshots, you retain access to your library without subscription paywalls.
Automation control further distinguishes the two. While commercial platforms process data through proprietary cloud pipelines, Hoarder lets you connect local models through Ollama. This generates tags and summaries without sending personal reading history to remote AI providers. In return, Hoarder requires operational effort that Raindrop.io avoids. Instead of registering an account, you must manage a Docker stack comprising the web application, a headless browser for crawling, and a search engine, alongside your own backups and remote networking.
What it does well
- Automatic link parsing retrieves titles, preview images, descriptions, and full article text as soon as you save a URL.
- Local AI tagging via Ollama categorizes articles and notes into topics so you avoid organizing collections manually.
- Full-page preservation creates offline HTML snapshots to protect your reading library against link rot and paywalls.
- Optical character recognition extracts readable, searchable text from uploaded screenshots, receipts, and photos.
- Browser extensions and mobile apps let you send articles and links directly from your phone or desktop browser with one tap.
- Video and document archiving automatically stores media via yt-dlp and downloads PDFs for offline reference.
