Betula is a free federated self-hosted single-user bookmarking software for the independent web. Use it to organize references or maintain a linklog.

• Installation guide
• Setting up HTTPS and domain

Features

• Publish bookmarks, along with optional title and description formatted with Mycomarkup.

• Add tags to your bookmarks.

• Bookmarks can be public or private. Share only what you want to share!

• Simple user interface that does not require JavaScript.

  • If you have JavaScript, you can use tag autocompletion.

• The whole collection is saved as a single SQLite file.

• IndieWeb microformats are produced.

• Simple installation: the program is one binary, the collection is one file, all configuration is done through the web interface.

• Bookmarklet.

• Built-in documentation.

• Searching.

• Fediverse support.

  • People can subscribe to your Betula from Mastodon, Akkoma, Smithereen and whatnot and receive all new public bookmarks.

Elsewhere

• SourceHut (source code, issue tracker, mailing list)
• Codeberg mirror
• GitHub mirror
• Fediverse account (announcements and news)

See also main developer's personal instance. Subscribe from any Fediverse software. Contact if you want to get your instance listed here.

Release notes

• v1.2.0
• v1.1.0
• v1.0.0
• v0.8.0
• v0.7.0
• v0.5.0

New versions come out every 3 months or so.