Karakeep
Karakeep is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Bookmarks & Link Sharing category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Pocket and ships a Docker image. It has 29,987 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Bookmarks & Link Sharing
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 29,987
- Forks
- 1,599
- Open issues
- 597
- Commits, last 12 months
- 946
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.34.1Oct 22, 2026
- Created
- Feb 6, 2024
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 946 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors11 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 946 |
| Latest release | v0.34.1 (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 53 |
| Open issues | 597 |
| Open pull requests | 122 |
| Good first issues | 11 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 6, 2024 |
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About Karakeep
Bookmark-everything app with a touch of AI for the data hoarders out there.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep.
Topics
- bookmarks
- bookmarks-manager
- nextjs
- react-native
- read-it-later
- bookmark-manager
- self-hosted
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Is Karakeep free and open source?
Yes. Karakeep is open-source software released under the AGPL-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 Karakeep with Docker?
Yes. Karakeep provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Karakeep?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Karakeep include LinkWarden, Shiori and linkding. Karakeep itself is a self-hosted alternative to Pocket.
Is Karakeep actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Karakeep was on Oct 26, 2026 with 946 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.34.1, published Oct 22, 2026. It had 597 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.