Reminiscence vs Shaarli
Reminiscence
github.comShaarli
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| Figure | Reminiscence | Shaarli |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Bookmark Managers | 8.3 (#9) | 7.4 (#34) |
| API | A REST API supports token login, adding URLs, listing saved URLs and directories, and logging out. | The REST API uses JWT bearer tokens, and the documentation lists Python and Node.js clients plus an Android client example. |
| Deployment | The project documents installation with Python and a Docker Compose setup, and describes the application as self-hosted. | The project provides installation instructions for release ZIP files and Docker. |
| License | The GitHub repository identifies its license as AGPL-3.0. | The repository describes Shaarli as free software. |
| Organization | Users can categorize bookmarks in directories, edit metadata, and search by URL, title, tags, or summary. | Users can edit link URLs, titles, descriptions, tags and public or private status, then search across fields and browse tag views. |
| Organization and search | Bookmarks can be organized into directories and searched by URL, title, tags, or summary. | Shaarli supports tag autocomplete, tag and text searches, hidden tags, and sticky bookmarks. |
| Privacy | The README says directories and links are private by default; archived media links are also not shared by default. | The project says Shaarli does not send telemetry, metrics or private information to its developers. |
| Purpose | Reminiscence is a self-hosted bookmark and archive manager described as a hybrid of a bookmark manager and a personal wayback machine. | Shaarli is a personal, single-user bookmark manager and link-sharing service that you install on your own server. |
| Security | The reader removes JavaScript from the original archived format for security reasons, and the README advises migrating from versions using wkhtmltopdf because of a security vulnerability. | The security policy says the latest release receives security support and asks users to report possible vulnerabilities through the repository security tab. |
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