BookmarkOS

Productivity

bookmark manager

SHOW HN2016

25points
20comments
#1,074of 2,264 in 2016
Top 48%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Looks nice and fits needs

    From 2 comments
    • Looking great! Fits my needs! Although $6 (for now) isn't much but I'm a little afraid you might go out of business? You have long term plans to keep this running?
      kelt on HN
    • I'd pay money if there was browser sync. Looks nice though.
      explorigin on HN
  • Congratulations on a fantastic app

    From 1 comment
    • Take these "I'd buy if..." comments with a grain of salt. Some people are simply not interested yet will grasp at any excuse not to buy. Congratulations on making this fantastic…
      hotcool on HN

Objections

  • Would pay for browser sync

    From 1 comment
  • Worry the service could go out of business at $6

    From 1 comment
    • Looking great! Fits my needs! Although $6 (for now) isn't much but I'm a little afraid you might go out of business? You have long term plans to keep this running?
      kelt on HN

Requests

  • Export bookmarks to avoid vendor lock-in

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice. I am considering giving it a serious try but an important "feature" to me is the ability to export bookmarks in order to avoid vendor lock-in. Any plans for that?
      cyansmoker on HN
  • Back up the SQLite database

    From 1 comment
    • Cool! It would be awesome if you could have the SQLite3 database file backed up somehow
      TenJack on HN
  • Save page content as well as URL

    From 1 comment
    • nice! it would be really cool if I could not only save the url, but the content of the page as well. I say that because I've saved many sites to disk because links break and…
      hamsternipples on HN

Questions

  • Is the backup automated?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Buku command-line bookmark manager

    From 1 comment
    • +1. I wrote a poor man's cmdline bookmark manager myself - Buku (https://github.com/jarun/Buku).
      apjana on HN
  • Google's Bookmark Manager for Chrome

    From 1 comment
    • ... Or you could use the excellent Bookmark Manager for Chrome, by Google: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bookmark-manager/gmlllbghnfkpflemihljekbapjopfjik?hl=en
      nerdgasm0 on HN

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