linkding vs Pinboard
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Pinboard
Paid bookmarking site with tags, privacy and page archiving
From $22/yr
Where they differ
- linkding is free. Pinboard starts at $22 per year.
- linkding has a free plan. Pinboard does not.
- linkding is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
In commonWebBrowser extensionPublic APIRead laterBookmarks
At a glance
| linkding | Pinboard | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Starts at | Free | $22 per year |
| Free plan | Free and open source under the MIT license, run on your own server. Managed hosting is sold only by third parties that the documentation lists. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Sascha Ißbrücker | Nine Fives Software |
| Price read from | github.com | pinboard.in |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
linkding
- Self-hosters who want a small, quick bookmark manager
- People replacing browser bookmarks with a tagged, searchable archive
- Families or small groups sharing bookmarks on one instance
Pinboard
- People who want a fast, text-based bookmark archive without ads or trackers
- Users who keep most or all of their bookmarks private
- Developers who want an API and RSS feeds for their bookmarks
Worth knowing
linkding
- It has to be self-hosted, normally with Docker; the project lists third-party managed hosts but runs no service of its own.
- There are no official mobile or desktop apps; the Android, iOS and macOS clients are community projects.
- Local HTML snapshots need the latest-plus image, which bundles Chromium, needs at least 1 GB of RAM and is not built for ARM v7.
- The maintainer says he may decline larger feature contributions that do not fit the project's minimal goals.
Pinboard
- There is no free plan and no free trial; a payment is refundable within seven days of signup.
- Stored page copies and full-text search require the $39 archival account.
- There are no native mobile apps: Pinboard offers a mobile website and relies on third-party apps.
- The archive crawler cannot save paywalled pages, and the FAQ says YouTube and Twitter links are not saved properly.
Key features
linkding
- Tags and a readable interface
- Bookmarks are organized with tags in an interface optimized for readability, with features that can be switched on or off and a number of display settings.
- Automatic metadata
- linkding fetches the title, description, icon and preview image of each bookmarked website automatically.
- Archiving
- Snapshots of bookmarked pages can be created automatically, either as local HTML files with the larger latest-plus Docker image or on the Internet Archive.
- Read later, notes and bulk editing
- Bookmarks support read-it-later use and Markdown notes, and any operation can be applied to a selection of bookmarks or the whole collection.
- Multi-user sharing and SSO
- One instance supports multiple users, who can share bookmarks with other users or guests. Single sign-on works through OIDC or an authentication proxy.
- Extensions, PWA and REST API
- Firefox and Chrome extensions and a bookmarklet add and search bookmarks from the browser, the site installs as a Progressive Web App, and a REST API supports scripts and third-party apps.
Pinboard
- Bookmarks, tags and privacy
- Each bookmark has a title, URL, a description of any length and optional tags. Any bookmark can be private, and an account can default to private.
- Read later
- A read-later bookmarklet adds a page to an unread list without asking for details. Unread bookmarks are visible only to you until marked as read.
- Archiving and full-text search
- Archival accounts get a crawled copy of every bookmarked page that stays viewable if the original goes offline, plus search across page text.
- Bookmarklets, extensions and email
- Save with a bookmarklet, with browser extensions for Safari, Chrome and Firefox, or by emailing a URL to a personal Pinboard address.
- API and RSS feeds
- A full API modeled on version 1 of the Delicious API supports third-party clients, and every bookmark page has a matching RSS feed.
- Notes, tab sets and tag bundles
- Notes save snippets of text as bookmarks, tab sets store all open browser tabs for later, and tag bundles group related tags on one page.
Plans
linkding
linkding$0
The complete bookmark manager as a Docker image for your own server, using SQLite by default or PostgreSQL.
Pinboard
Regular account$22
per year
Bookmarks with tags, private bookmarks, read later, notes, tab sets, the API and RSS feeds. Refundable within seven days of signup.
Archival account$39
per year
Everything in a regular account, plus a stored copy of every bookmarked page, full-text search and dead-link checks.
Ways to pay less
linkding
No public discounts listed.
Pinboard
- Other savings
Discounts for paying for several years
The sign-up page says there are steep discounts for signing up for multiple years, chosen on the payment page. The amounts are not shown publicly.
