I think Linkwarden is fantastic but should be described and advertised more as internet archiving software than a bookmark manager. It really should be obvious to anyone that it's downloading the webpages, not just saving links. I
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2025
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That's exactly why I stopped using it.
WTF does it crawls my bookmarks?
A lot of my links are for internal apps, it won't even be able to make screenshots in the first place.
And what if some of those urls trigger some action? This autocrawling is just irresponsible nor do I care to see those images at all.
I ended up installing sftpgo and just using webdav with floccus. Works great.
And in mobile I only use firefox, and built in sync
Same here ! Although, sftpgo is a bit overkill if you only need it for webdav !
Have you informed the elders of the internet about this?
… your nas only had 12gb of storage??
Well no. Initially i had the storage set on the VM where its running. I wasn't expecting it to download all that data.
12gb, whole Internet? You would be horrified at the capacity of some data hoarders.
Change that G to a T, add a zero, then we're talking (e: about data hoarders).
Change the T to a P then an E, maybe even a Z, and then we're in the right ballpark.
Youtube by itself is more than that
It's probably more than that daily.
4000 bookmarks is nothing, neither is 12gb. I seriously don't understand how anyone could think even jokingly saying that's "the whole internet".
Mate, it was a sarcastic statement 😉
Regarding the multiple formats that’s it’s saving the pages in, just go to your settings and turn on/off the formats you want the pages saved in.
ETA: There’s also a setting on that same page right underneath that says “prevent duplicate links.”
Well, its ticked but not working then because I found duplicate links. Maybe it only works if you try to store the same link twice but it doesn't work on the imported bookmarks
Was it ticked before importing the bookmarks? If it’s enabled after the fact, it may not apply to existing bookmarks. Not positive, though.
Sounds like you bookmarked the while flippin' Internet.
Use floccus to sync bookmarks so they’re more integrated.
I was using floccus, but what is the point of saving bookmarks twice, once in linkwarden and once in browser
Linkwarden stickin' it to the man. 😁