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Grimoire is a self-hosted, local-first bookmark manager for people who save technical resources, letting them import browser bookmarks, extract readable page…

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Grimoire is a self-hosted, local-first bookmark manager for people who save technical resources, letting them import browser bookmarks, extract readable page content, and search by keyword or meaning while keeping their library private on their own hardware.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

67/100 Good

Maintained
100last commit 17 days ago
Popular
692,867 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
208 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 7 days ago

GitHub stars
2,867
Open issues
15
Last commit
2026-09-28
Latest release
v1.3.0
License
MIT
Activity
declining

Checked 4 days ago - source: GitHub (goniszewski/grimoire)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 8 GB RAM, 8 GB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 17 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Install Grimoire globally Run npm install -g grimoire-wizard in a terminal so the grimoire command works in any folder. Without this, your system will not know what grimoire is and the wizard cannot start. source
  • Check your wizard file first Run grimoire validate wizard.yaml before starting to catch missing settings or YAML mistakes. Skipping this can make a tiny typo stop the whole setup. source
  • Preview commands with dry run Use grimoire run wizard.yaml --dry-run to see the commands it would run before anything changes. This helps prevent a bad setting from creating or changing files you do not want. source
  • Unraid Pocketbase setup For Unraid, install Pocketbase first, then clone the Grimoire repository and move pb_migrations to /mnt/user/appdata/pocketbase/pb_migrations. Restart Pocketbase and use your Pocketbase credentials for the /admin panel. source
  • Migration from v0.5.x Current Grimoire is a rewrite; legacy v0.5.x remains on the legacy/v0.x branch. source

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  • InfoFlow - A local-first tool for article and webpage saving with offline full-text search, organizing capabilities, and privacy-focused features.
  • Karakeep - A self-hostable bookmark-everything app with a touch of AI for the data hoarders out there.
  • Linkwarden - Linkwarden is a self-hosted, open-source collaborative bookmark manager for collecting, organizing, and archiving webpages.
  • Memex - A reading app that keeps you in the flow of your online reading & research.
  • Raindrop.io - Store bookmarks with related content, organize thematically with real-time collaboration and privacy focus, offering web clipper and cloud…
  • Readeck - Readeck is a self-hosted read-later app and bookmark manager that saves the readable content of web pages you like so you can keep and revi…
  • start.me - Manages bookmarks and RSS feeds with customizable widgets and themes.
  • wallabag - Wallabag is a self-hosted read-it-later application for saving web pages and articles for offline reading.

Checked 14 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Can Grimoire be installed through Docker?

Yes, but Grimoire itself is not a public-server product in 1.0.0.

How should I expose Grimoire remotely?

Keep the daemon loopback-bound, or put an authenticated tunnel, VPN, or reverse proxy in front of it before traffic reaches Grimoire.

Is there a browser extension for Grimoire?

Yes, there is a companion browser extension called Grimoire Companion.

Does Grimoire help organize bookmarks?

Yes, it helps you add, process, and organize bookmarks.

Answers sourced from github.com, www.reddit.com, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 5 days ago - public community threads