jarun/buku

Buku is a command-line bookmark manager that stores all your saved URLs in a local SQLite database. Instead of relying on a browser account or a cloud service, you keep your bookmarks in a portable file on your own computer that you can copy, merge, and sync however you like. The database has no tracking, no analytics, and no external connections beyond what you explicitly ask it to do. When you add a URL, buku can automatically fetch the page title, description, and suggested tags from the web so you do not have to type them in. You can also import existing bookmarks from Firefox, Chrome, Chromium, Vivaldi, Brave, and Edge, or export to and from HTML, Markdown, and several other formats. The tool integrates with your text editor so you can write and update bookmark records in whatever editor you already use. Searching is a main focus. Buku supports multiple search modes including substring matching, regular expressions, and a deep scan mode that searches within URLs themselves. You can run searches interactively and switch between search modes on the fly without re-entering your query. Broken links can be checked against the Wayback Machine archive to see if an older copy of the page exists. For those who prefer a visual interface, a companion web application called Bukuserver ships with the project. It runs as a local server on your own machine and provides a browser-based interface for managing bookmarks through point-and-click rather than typed commands. The database supports optional manual encryption for situations where you want the file protected at rest. Shell completion scripts for Bash, Fish, and Zsh are included, as is a full man page with examples. Buku is also usable as a Python library, and a browser extension exists as a related project for adding bookmarks directly from the browser to your buku database.