Linkbry vs Karakeep
Karakeep, renamed from Hoarder in 2025, is an open-source app for saving links, notes, images and PDFs with AI tagging and summaries, self-hosted for free or on Karakeep Cloud.
The short version
Choose Karakeep for a personal “save everything” library with AI tagging, semantic search and OCR. Choose Linkbry when the goal is a shared team link library with roles, free viewers and a ;; picker that inserts links anywhere.
| Feature | Linkbry | Karakeep |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Teams sharing one link library | Personal libraries of links, notes and images |
| Hosting | Hosted | Self-host (free) or Karakeep Cloud |
| Price | Free up to 100 links; $10/editor/month, viewers free | Cloud Free (10 bookmarks); Pro $4/month or $40/year |
| AI tagging and summaries | No | Yes (self-host needs an OpenAI key or Ollama) |
| Search | Title, URL, description and note | Full-text, semantic (experimental), OCR |
| Organization | Nested folders + multiple tags | Nested lists, smart lists, tags |
| Sharing | Whole workspace, owner/editor/viewer | Per list, viewer or editor; public lists |
| Insert a saved link into any text box | Yes: type ;; | No |
| Apps | Chrome extension, web app | Chrome, Firefox, Safari extensions; iOS, Android apps |
| Open source | No | Yes (AGPL-3.0) |
Karakeep details from its own pricing and documentation pages; prices in USD and subject to change.
What Karakeep is built for
Karakeep stores more than links (notes, images and PDFs alongside bookmarks) and uses an LLM to tag and summarize what you save. It adds full-text and experimental semantic search, OCR on images, nested and smart lists, RSS auto-saving, and apps for iOS and Android.
Self-hosting or Cloud
Self-hosting is free under AGPL-3.0 and runs as a web app plus a headless Chrome container and Meilisearch; AI features need your own OpenAI key or a local model via Ollama. Karakeep Cloud has a free tier of 10 bookmarks and a Pro plan at $4/month or $40/year with 50,000 bookmarks and AI tagging included.
How Linkbry differs
Linkbry skips AI in favor of structure a team controls directly (nested shared folders, tags and notes) in a hosted workspace that's ready as soon as you sign in, with your existing bookmarks imported.
- One workspace per team, with owner, editor and viewer roles
- Viewers free and unlimited; $10/month per editor
- Type ;; in Slack, Gmail or Notion to insert any saved link
- Analytics on which links teammates actually open
Where Karakeep is the better fit
If you want one app for links, notes and images with AI doing the filing, and especially if you want to self-host it, Karakeep is a genuinely capable choice. Linkbry doesn't store notes or images, archive pages or tag automatically.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Hoarder was renamed Karakeep in 2025; it's the same open-source project.
Yes. Karakeep Cloud has a free tier (10 bookmarks) and a Pro plan at $4 per month or $40 per year. Self-hosting remains free.
A shared link library your team can use today
Free for one person with up to 100 links, and viewers are free on Pro.