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Shiori Review (2026)
Simple Go bookmark manager with offline article archiving
Free
- Open source
- App
What is Shiori?
Shiori is a free, open-source bookmark manager written in Go and maintained by the go-shiori community on GitHub under the MIT license. Positioned as a self-hosted alternative to Pocket, it ships as a single portable binary that works both as a command-line tool and a web application. You save links to your own server, and Shiori parses each page into a readable view and creates an offline archive where possible, so articles remain accessible even if the original site disappears. It stores data in SQLite3, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, or MySQL, supports import and export in the Netscape bookmark format, can import from Pocket, and offers a beta browser extension for Firefox and Chrome. With over 11,000 GitHub stars, it is an established, actively developed project.
Key features
- Add, edit, delete, tag, and search bookmarks via a clean web UI or CLI
- Offline archiving of saved pages with readable article parsing
- Single Go binary, portable and easy to deploy on your own server
- Supports SQLite3, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and MySQL as storage backends
- Import/export via Netscape bookmark format, plus Pocket import and a beta Firefox/Chrome extension
Where it saves to
Your own server (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, or MySQL)
Pricing
Shiori is completely free and open source under the MIT license, with no paid tiers, accounts, or usage limits. The only cost is whatever you spend running the server or machine you host it on.
Best for
Self-hosters and command-line-comfortable users who want a lightweight, Pocket-style read-later and bookmark archive under their own control. Ideal for people who value a single-binary deployment over feature-heavy platforms.
Pros
- Free and MIT-licensed with no paywalled features
- Single binary makes deployment unusually simple for a self-hosted app
- Archives pages for offline reading, not just links
- Flexible database support from SQLite to PostgreSQL/MySQL/MariaDB
Cons
- Requires self-hosting and some technical setup; there is no hosted service or official mobile app
- The Firefox/Chrome browser extension is still in beta
- Offline archiving works only 'where possible' — some pages fail to archive cleanly
Alternatives to Shiori
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FAQ
Is Shiori free?
Yes. Shiori is fully free and open source under the MIT license, with no paid tiers or hosted subscription. You run it yourself, so hosting is your only cost.
Does Shiori work with Firefox and Chrome?
Yes, there is an official web extension for Firefox and Chrome for saving pages directly from the browser, though it is currently labeled beta. You can also add bookmarks through the web UI or CLI.
What databases does Shiori support?
Shiori can store bookmarks in SQLite3 (the simple default), PostgreSQL, MariaDB, or MySQL, so it scales from a single-user setup to a shared server.
Can Shiori import my Pocket bookmarks?
Yes. Shiori supports importing bookmarks from Pocket, and it can import and export bookmarks in the standard Netscape bookmark HTML format used by most browsers.
Where Shiori fits
- Category: Best Self-Hosted Web Archiving Tools (2026)
- Also in: Best Free Save-to Tools (2026)
- Also in: Best Open-Source Save-to Tools (2026)
- If it ever shuts down: Save tool graveyard
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