Welcome to Links

Hi, I am Alexander and this is Links, , my version of a barebones bookmarking and archival solution that prioritizes simplicity and preservation over complexity.

Links is a hybrid archival system that automatically captures web content in multiple formats the moment you save a bookmark. When you submit a URL, Links doesn’t just store the link—it creates a comprehensive archive including:

  • Clean Markdown - Extracted article text for easy reading and searching
  • PDF Archive - Formatted document for offline viewing and printing
  • WARC Files - Complete web archive preserving the original page structure
  • AI-Generated Summaries - Concise overviews powered by OpenAI or Claude to help you remember why you saved it
  • Rich Metadata - Title, description, publication date, and more

Instant Archival: Unlike traditional bookmarking services that just store URLs, Links immediately captures the full content. If the original page disappears, you still have everything.

Multiple Preservation Formats: Different formats serve different needs—Markdown for searching, PDF for reading, WARC for complete fidelity. You’re covered whether a site goes offline or changes dramatically.

AI-Powered Intelligence: Each saved link gets an automatically generated summary, helping you understand at a glance what you found valuable about that content.

Privacy-First: Your data stays on your server. No tracking, no ads, no third-party data mining. Each user gets isolated storage for complete privacy.

Zero Maintenance: Built on Kirby CMS with a file-based architecture—no database to maintain, no complex setup. It just works.

The Philosophy: Barebones by Design

I tried most of the solutions out there:

  • Pinboard
  • Raindrop.io
  • linkding
  • LinkWarden
  • Archivebox
  • Plinky

and several others. I ended up with 20k bookmarks and 7000 different tags—a complete mess that became impossible to navigate.

After multiple failed cleanup attempts, I realized the problem wasn’t organization—it was over-organization. Links intentionally omits tagging and categorization. It simply presents your saved content chronologically with powerful search capabilities.

This constraint is liberating: instead of spending time organizing, you spend time reading and exploring. The AI summaries and full-text search make finding content effortless without the overhead of manual taxonomy management.

Links is for people who want to preserve the web they care about without the complexity that makes other solutions feel like work instead of tools.