Linkding Self Hosted Bookmark Manager Rest Api

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name: "linkding Self-Hosted Bookmark Manager with REST API"
slug: "linkding-self-hosted-bookmark-manager-rest-api"
description: "linkding is a minimal, fast, self-hosted bookmark manager with a full REST API, tag-based organization, automatic metadata extraction, web archiving, browser extensions, and SSO support. It runs in Docker and is built with Django and Python."
github_stars: 10379
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding"
category: "Research & Scraping"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "sissbruecker/linkding"
  github_stars: 10379
---

# linkding Self-Hosted Bookmark Manager with REST API

linkding is a minimal, fast, self-hosted bookmark manager with a full REST API, tag-based organization, automatic metadata extraction, web archiving, browser extensions, and SSO support. It runs in Docker and is built with Django and Python.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- make init
- uv run manage.py createsuperuser --username=joe --email=joe@example.com
- make frontend
- make serve

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- It's designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker.
- Python 3.13
- Node.js

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- The following links help you to get started with linkding:
- [Install linkding on your own server](https://linkding.link/installation) or [check managed hosting options](https://linkding.link/managed-hosting)
- [Install the browser extension](https://linkding.link/browser-extension)

- Source: https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sissbruecker/linkding/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/linkding-self-hosted-bookmark-manager-rest-api/)