WebCrate
Productivity
bookmark manager
SHOW HN2021
110points
70comments
#482of 2,533 in 2021
Top 20%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 18 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Privacy: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Deta Space hosting and auth handled for the developer
From 1 comment
Hey fellow internet users! I always got frustrated with existing bookmarking tools as they were either too clunky to use or had way too many features I didn't need. Until I…
betahuhn on HN
Objections
Not truly self-hosted; runs on Deta's servers
From 4 comments
First, it's not self-hosted if it's not running on my computer (or eventually my private cloud). Second it seems like it doesn't snapshot the web pages? That's the killer feature…
wazoox on HNSee, I wouldn’t call it self-hosted if you can’t actually… self-host it. Someone else’s server isn’t mine.
chrismorgan on HNNothing personal, but we're getting entirely too fast and loose with definitions here. Calling this "self-hosted" is flat out false. Cut it out.
jrm4 on HNIt's not at all like self hosting it, sounds like it's just running on some servers located somewhere, and is completely unknown to the user. I'm also surprised it's that…
Saris on HN
Does not snapshot or archive web pages
From 2 comments
First, it's not self-hosted if it's not running on my computer (or eventually my private cloud). Second it seems like it doesn't snapshot the web pages? That's the killer feature…
wazoox on HNWebcrate is a great name, however the "crate" term strongly implies archival in this context to me. So as a user, I would actually assume that it takes an archive/snapshot of…
fouc on HN
Deta Space product and privacy details unclear
From 3 comments
Deta Space appears to be very lacking in the product details department. I see a comment saying you can't self-host it, so it has to be on Deta's cloud, or can you even bring…
ocdtrekkie on HNThis looks great, but there's no chance I'm going to use it on this detaspace service, since their website doesn't even explain what it does.
Saris on HNThis is the second project I see here on Deta Space but I dont exactly follow what Deta Space is... is it a cloud service that hosts the app for you, under your account? I did…
ibdf on HN
Typos on landing page
From 2 comments
Neat product! I wanted to point out a couple of typos on the landing page: “Subscribe directly to another users WebCrate instace“ “Stays running even if the we disappear.” You…
larrywright on HNThere's also a couple typos here: > Descentralized > Subscribe directly to another users WebCrate instace btw, how have you implemented interoperability?
riffic on HN
Requests
Run it on a private server or home server
From 2 comments
Is there any supported way to run it on a private server?
looperhacks on HNAs someone with over 2000+ bookmarks organized under 30+ folders on Google bookmarks, I've been looking for a self-hosted bookmarking tool with a nice UI that can run on my home…
selftemp on HN
Import .webloc and .url files
From 1 comment
Can this import .webloc and .url files? If there's something I want to keep, I will normally just drag the url over to my desktop when then saves it as one of those files. I…
hk1337 on HN
Docker deployment
From 2 comments
As someone with over 2000+ bookmarks organized under 30+ folders on Google bookmarks, I've been looking for a self-hosted bookmarking tool with a nice UI that can run on my home…
selftemp on HNGive me Docker or give me death.
hammyhavoc on HN
Questions
Can it run on a private server
From 2 comments
Is there any supported way to run it on a private server?
looperhacks on HNNot out of the box no. You could fork and modify it, but that would take a lot of work. Can't recommend Deta Space enough though, it is kind of like self-hosting it without…
betahuhn on HN
What Deta Space is and how pricing works
From 2 comments
This is the second project I see here on Deta Space but I dont exactly follow what Deta Space is... is it a cloud service that hosts the app for you, under your account? I did…
ibdf on HNIs there a pricing plan for it? I can't seem to find one, and I prefer knowing what am I signing up for upfront.
mynameismon on HN
Alternatives named
ArchiveBox
From 1 comment
Check out ArchiveBox. Not as much of a bookmark manager but great for archiving pages.
vorpalhex on HN
Buku
From 1 comment
I've been burned at least 3-4x now by bookmark sites shutting down, I just stick with Buku now: https://github.com/jarun/buku Local, text/cli based, sqlite.
res0nat0r on HN
Pinboard
From 1 comment
I use Pinboard for a cloud-based solution to bookmarking, and I export my Pinboard bookmark collection to an on-premises local PC location every 4 months or so, in-case…
DerekBickerton on HN
linkding
From 1 comment
I'm the author of linkding (1), an open-source, self-hosted bookmark manager that is similar to Pinboard, minus the social features. It uses Docker for deployments, SQLite as…
sissbruecker on HN
Zotero
From 1 comment
First, it's not self-hosted if it's not running on my computer (or eventually my private cloud). Second it seems like it doesn't snapshot the web pages? That's the killer feature…
wazoox on HN