Shiori v1.5
Productivity
bookmark manager
SHOW HN2019
286points
33comments
#111of 2,195 in 2019
Top 6%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy to install and run
From 1 comment
Wallabag has a pretty bad user experience if I have to compare it with Shiori. Shiori is easy to install, easy to run, and automatically creates local "reader mode" and archives…
ekianjo on HN
Automatically creates local reader mode and archives of saved pages
From 1 comment
Wallabag has a pretty bad user experience if I have to compare it with Shiori. Shiori is easy to install, easy to run, and automatically creates local "reader mode" and archives…
ekianjo on HN
Has a full command line client and an API
From 1 comment
Wallabag has a pretty bad user experience if I have to compare it with Shiori. Shiori is easy to install, easy to run, and automatically creates local "reader mode" and archives…
ekianjo on HN
Objections
Lacks a mobile share extension
From 2 comments
I've used Raindrop for a long time (https://raindrop.io) to store a bookmark of all articles I read, categorised in months. It's been interesting to see the variations in "slow"…
Tehnix on HNYes, such a feature is a must-have for me as well
sandinmyjoints on HN
Pocket-clone framing questioned as not a true bookmark manager
From 1 comment
I'm not sure I would call a Pocket clone a "bookmark manager".
norswap on HN
Requests
Mobile share extension
From 2 comments
I've used Raindrop for a long time (https://raindrop.io) to store a bookmark of all articles I read, categorised in months. It's been interesting to see the variations in "slow"…
Tehnix on HNYes, such a feature is a must-have for me as well
sandinmyjoints on HN
File-based storage such as Markdown or TOML files
From 2 comments
Really happy to see an update to this. Shaarli is an alternative, but seems to have issues with the default Docker container. However, I would be much happier with an…
techntoke on HNI've been doing this with directories/text files/a handful of shell functions for the last few years. It's not _great_, so I'd love if there was a better tool that supported a…
mh- on HN
Pocket-compatible API
From 1 comment
That looks amazing! Seeing how you singled out Pocket, do you offer a compatible API? That would get me to switch, as I could continue using my tools
joker99 on HN
Import of Google bookmarks
From 1 comment
can you import google bookmarks?
bedros on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Wallabag?
From 1 comment
Great! How does it compare to Wallabag (https://wallabag.org/en)? Does it provide something more? Wallabag changed my life, if there are some better features, I would switch in a…
kissgyorgy on HN
Is there a Pinboard-like equivalent?
From 1 comment
Looks great! Is there something similar for Pinboard?
lanius on HN
Can Google bookmarks be imported?
From 1 comment
can you import google bookmarks?
bedros on HN
Will it support a Docker build or Postgres?
From 1 comment
Sir, where have you been? I've been looking for exactly this, a self-hosted pinboard clone. A look and feel like miniflux [1] - there's something timeless about it. I also…
brettinternet on HN
Alternatives named
Wallabag
From 2 comments
Great! How does it compare to Wallabag (https://wallabag.org/en)? Does it provide something more? Wallabag changed my life, if there are some better features, I would switch in a…
kissgyorgy on HNWallabag has a pretty bad user experience if I have to compare it with Shiori. Shiori is easy to install, easy to run, and automatically creates local "reader mode" and archives…
ekianjo on HN
Raindrop
From 2 comments
I've used Raindrop for a long time (https://raindrop.io) to store a bookmark of all articles I read, categorised in months. It's been interesting to see the variations in "slow"…
Tehnix on HNPolar is another player in this space: https://getpolarized.io/ ... as are Wallabag and Raindrop which a few other people mentioned. Seems like there's definitely a longtail here.
burtonator on HN
Shaarli
From 1 comment
Really happy to see an update to this. Shaarli is an alternative, but seems to have issues with the default Docker container. However, I would be much happier with an…
techntoke on HN
Espial
From 1 comment
Plugging my self hosted web based bookmark manager as well https://github.com/jonschoning/espial I like the ingestion via bookmarklet method, as it's low user overhead; just does…
platz on HN
Polar
From 1 comment
Polar is another player in this space: https://getpolarized.io/ ... as are Wallabag and Raindrop which a few other people mentioned. Seems like there's definitely a longtail here.
burtonator on HN