Buku
Buku is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Bookmarks & Link Sharing category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It has 7,242 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 22, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 7,242
- Forks
- 323
- Open issues
- 1
- Commits, last 12 months
- 63
- Last commit
- Oct 22, 2026
- Latest release
- v5.1Dec 7, 2025
- Created
- Nov 1, 2015
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 22, 2026, 63 commits in 12 months.
| Last commit | Oct 22, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 63 |
| Latest release | v5.1 (Dec 7, 2025) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 |
| Releases, all time | 44 |
| Open issues | 1 |
| Open pull requests | 1 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Nov 1, 2015 |
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About Buku
Powerful bookmark manager and a personal textual mini-web.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/jarun/buku.
Topics
- bookmark
- bookmark-manager
- command-line
- standalone
- terminal
- organizer
- search
- bookmarks
- console
- privacy-aware
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Is Buku free and open source?
Yes. Buku is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Buku with Docker?
Buku does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python and deb), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Buku?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Buku include Karakeep, LinkWarden and Shiori.
Is Buku actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Buku was on Oct 22, 2026 with 63 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v5.1, published Dec 7, 2025. It had 1 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.