LinkBuddy

With LinkBuddy, you get a self-hosted reading and bookmarking application that lives on your own server, under your rules. Running it yourself keeps the data on your own network and lets you back it up however you like.

Its public repository on GitHub currently shows 42 stars, a useful signal of community interest. Repository activity was last recorded on Aug 30, 2025, and the project is classed as quiet / legacy in our snapshot. It is listed as a companion app — a tool that extends or helps you manage a self-hosted service rather than replacing it. It is available for Android, iOS.

Before you switch

Reading tools are habits: pick the one whose capture flow (extension, share sheet, email) matches how you actually save things. Check OPML or bookmark import from your current tool; most projects support it, and your archive moves with you.

Like every project listed on SelfHosted, LinkBuddy is developed in the open — you can read the code, follow development, and even contribute. Check the system requirements and the project’s own documentation linked on this page before installing.