| Espial | LinkAce | linkding | Shaarli | Shiori | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tags | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Mobile friendly | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Support for file-based DB | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Bookmarklet | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌2 |
| Import/Export | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| REST API | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Dark Mode | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️3 | ✔️ |
| Link backups (Offline storage) | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌4 | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Browser Extension | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️🔗 (beta) |
| Android share intent | ✔️🔗 | ❌ | ✔️🔗 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Notify when link unavailable | ❌ | ✔️🔗 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| URL cleaning (reduce tracking) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️🔗 | ❌ |
| Bulk link insertion | ❌ | ❌ | ❌🔗 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Programming language | Haskell, PureScript | PHP | Python | PHP | Go |
| GitHub Stars | 521 | 1480 | 1910 | 2687 | 6262 |
1Possible but discouraged as per documentation, related issue
2Deprecated in favor of the browser extension
3Through themes, not built-in
4linkding has a feature for sending links you bookmark to the Internet Archive so that it creates a snapshot
Data collected on 11th July 2022.
I chose the criteria based on features that interest me personally.
Features not found in documentation are assumed to be not available (❌).
Comments for additions and corrections are very welcome.