Reminiscence
Productivity
bookmark manager
SHOW HN2018
213points
47comments
#162of 2,155 in 2018
Top 8%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy installation with up-to-date documentation
From 1 comment
I've needed self-hosted bookmarks for a while. There are some written in Java and PHP, but they just don't seem very approachable. This is a great project. Here are some things I…
dqv on HN
Runs on latest Django without redis or nginx
From 1 comment
I've needed self-hosted bookmarks for a while. There are some written in Java and PHP, but they just don't seem very approachable. This is a great project. Here are some things I…
dqv on HN
Auto-tagging, summarization and multi-format archiving
From 1 comment
Reminiscence has some advance features like auto-tagging, auto-summarization and archiving in various formats, which separates it from other bookmark managers. Few days back, I…
kanishkalinux on HN
Objections
Requires recent Python and bundles a web server
From 2 comments
Thanks fo linking bookmark-archiver here. I liked the sound of reminiscence but unfortunately it requires bleeding edge python and tries to integrate the webserver (and many…
superkuh on HNHow is 3.5+ bleeding edge? It's been out for more than 3 years, and is installed by default on most current OS releases. I personally only support the latest stable release, so I…
kitdarko on HN
Setup feels involved for a simple mirror
From 2 comments
I love the idea, but is this a little bit overkill if you just want to mirror your bookmarks? There's several simple spidering tools out there that you could change the…
peterwwillis on HNNot really the same, as setting up Reminiscence seems to be fairly involved as well.
icebraining on HN
Interface needs design improvement
From 2 comments
I've needed self-hosted bookmarks for a while. There are some written in Java and PHP, but they just don't seem very approachable. This is a great project. Here are some things I…
dqv on HNMost of this is personal preference for me, so I would take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. There are some spacing issues here and there - the username/settings drop down…
dqv on HN
Requests
Chrome/browser extension
From 1 comment
A chrome extension would be necessary for something like this to replace Pinboard/Instapaper for me (I see that in the TODO already). But looks good otherwise. The only thing…
dmix on HN
Annotations and highlights
From 2 comments
Nice. Are there plans to add saving of annotations (highlighting text and string to the link) like Diigo? Annotations seem to remain a elusive feature in a self hosted solution.
j45 on HNStarred the project, look forward to it. This is the only feature that has me tied to using a hosted solution, instead of a self-hosted solution.
j45 on HN
Full-site spidering
From 2 comments
I would love the ability to bookmark an entire site. Does this allow full spidering?
wolco on HNCurrently, it does not allow full spidering.
kanishkalinux on HN
Sync across browsers
From 2 comments
Exciting! I'm still badly in need of a bookmark manager (and hopefully sync-capable) since xmarks shutdown. I'm looking at Shiori, ymarks, and Floccus. How does Reminiscence…
aklemm on HNWhile we're here, I'd love your assessment of the xmarks alternatives I really miss having synchronised bookmarks between chrome, chromium, and firefox. All my bookmarks live /…
Jedd on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Shiori, Floccus, and other xmarks alternatives
From 1 comment
Exciting! I'm still badly in need of a bookmark manager (and hopefully sync-capable) since xmarks shutdown. I'm looking at Shiori, ymarks, and Floccus. How does Reminiscence…
aklemm on HN
Does it handle videos and gifs
From 2 comments
What do you do if the page has videos and gifs? Does this support those?
tempaccount777 on HNAbout videos, I'm thinking about providing some way to add custom user scripts, so that users can use their favorite download manager to download media elements from site. About…
kanishkalinux on HN
Alternatives named
Pinboard
From 2 comments
A chrome extension would be necessary for something like this to replace Pinboard/Instapaper for me (I see that in the TODO already). But looks good otherwise. The only thing…
dmix on HNI love this and love that it's built in Python, but… "Do not attempt to compete with Pinboard"[0] [0] https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/pinboard_acquires_delicious/
tjwds on HN
Instapaper
From 1 comment
A chrome extension would be necessary for something like this to replace Pinboard/Instapaper for me (I see that in the TODO already). But looks good otherwise. The only thing…
dmix on HN
bookmark-archiver
From 2 comments
very cool. may also be worth mentioning the difference between this and projects like shaarli, https://github.com/pirate/bookmark-archiver , etc.
seltzered_ on HNThanks fo linking bookmark-archiver here. I liked the sound of reminiscence but unfortunately it requires bleeding edge python and tries to integrate the webserver (and many…
superkuh on HN
Shaarli
From 1 comment
very cool. may also be worth mentioning the difference between this and projects like shaarli, https://github.com/pirate/bookmark-archiver , etc.
seltzered_ on HN
Floccus
From 2 comments
Exciting! I'm still badly in need of a bookmark manager (and hopefully sync-capable) since xmarks shutdown. I'm looking at Shiori, ymarks, and Floccus. How does Reminiscence…
aklemm on HNReminiscence has some advance features like auto-tagging, auto-summarization and archiving in various formats, which separates it from other bookmark managers. Few days back, I…
kanishkalinux on HN
historio.us
From 1 comment
https://historio.us archives links. Disclosure, I wrote and run it.
StavrosK on HN