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Gosuki: a privacy friendly, real time, multi-browser, extension-free bookmark manager (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by blob42@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hello r/linux !

I just released the first version of Gosuki, a multi-browser real time bookmark manager I have been writing on and off for the past few years. It aggregates your bookmarks in real time across all browsers and even external APIs such as Reddit and Github.

I was always annoyed by the existing bookmark management solutions and wanted a tool that just works without relying on browser extensions, self-hosted servers or cloud services. As a developer and Linux user I also find myself using multiple browsers simultaneously depending on the needs so I needed something that works with any browser and can handle multiple profiles per browser.

The few solutions that exist require manual management of bookmarks. Gosuki automatically catches any new bookmark in real time so no need to manually export and synchronize your bookmarks. It allows a tag based bookmarking experience even if the native browser does not support tags. You just hit ctrl+d and write your tags in the title.

Feature Highlights:

  • A single binary with no dependencies or browser extensions necessary. It just work right out of the box.
  • Use the universal ctrl+d shortcut to add bookmarks and call custom commands.
  • Tag with #hashtags even if your browser does not support it. You can even add tags in the Title. If you are used to organize your bookmarks in folders, they become tags
  • Real time tracking of bookmark changes
  • Builtin, local Web UI which also works without Javascript (w3m friendly)
  • suki cli command for a dmenu/rofi compatible output
  • Modular and extensible: Run custom scripts and actions per tags and folders when particular bookmarks are detected
  • Browser Agnostic: Detects which browsers you have installed and watch changes across all of them
  • Also handles multiple profiles per browser
  • Stores bookmarks in a portable sqlite database compatible with the Buku. You can use any program that was made for buku.
  • Can fetch your bookmarks from external APIs (Reddit and Github for now).
  • Easily extensible to handle any browser or API

It's open source with an AGPLv3 license, Checkout the README and website docs for more details.

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[–] sfera@beehaw.org 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Does it detect browsers installed through flatpak?

[–] blob42@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago

Not yet, it manages snaps but I can add flatpaks as well. I made it so all definitions are in a single file so that people can easily contribute by testing. I will update the documentation to reflect this.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I wish I could upvote this twice

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting, could be nice to help move away from Firefox Profile by being able to import from it rather than "just" the current installed Firefox instance.

[–] blob42@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I am not sure I understand the use case but as it stands now you can select a profile and run Gosuki once, it will import everything from said profile or even all profiles if you prefer.

[–] conspiracypentester@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is it possible to sync between machines? Like with a centralized db selfhosted or with rsync?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

wanna understand that as well, because if so its just what i needed.

[–] blob42@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Right now it's not yet built-in but it's on the high priority list of features and should be fairly easy to add soon. It will be either a self hosted sync server or a replicated architecture.

For mobile it can be achieved with the autoimport feature and Syncthing

https://gosuki.net/docs/features/multi_device_sync/

[–] eta@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Alright looks neat but did you plan the release of this to be at the same time that Pocket shuts down?

[–] blob42@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Haha I literally had no idea even that Pocket was shutting down !! I guess one more argument to avoid subscription services.

[–] MangoPenguin@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This looks great, I assume it's pulling bookmarks directly from the filesystem for the browsers so it doesn't need an extension?

[–] blob42@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago

Yes that's exactly how it works. It's the most difficult part of the project especially for Mozilla browsers.

I figured this is the last place browser vendors didn't dare yet to lock us out from it.

[–] ctenidium@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds awesome!

[–] blob42@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

thanks !

[–] johsny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where does my data go? On my HD or somewhere in the cloud?

[–] blob42@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On your HD in a portable sqlite database. It is a fully offline solution.

[–] johsny@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I’ll check it out, thanks!!