# LinkAce review (2026): is it any good? > Self-hosted, open-source bookmark archive with link monitoring Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. LinkAce is a bookmark manager you run on your own server. It organizes links with tags and lists, checks saved links regularly for breakage and asks the Internet Archive to back up each page. Its maker says it is free and open source. - **Category:** Read Later & Bookmarks - **Made by:** LinkAce (Kovah.de) - **Website:** https://www.linkace.org - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't want to look after a server, because install and updates are yours to do. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, LinkAce is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The whole application is free to run on your own server. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-hosted | $0 | Free and open source; you install and host it yourself with Docker, Kubernetes or PHP. | Read from https://www.linkace.org/support/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with LinkAce before buying. ## Key features - **Tags and lists:** Tags categorize links without a fixed hierarchy, and lists bundle several links under one broader topic. - **Link monitoring:** Saved links are checked for availability on a schedule, and you are notified if a page moved or went offline. - **Automatic archiving:** After a link is saved, LinkAce notifies the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine so the page is backed up. - **Multiple users and SSO:** Several users can share links, lists and tags, with single sign-on through OAuth or OIDC. - **REST API and Zapier:** A REST API covers links, tags, lists and notes, and the app is available on Zapier for connecting other services. - **Guest mode and RSS:** Guests can view a collection with access set per link, tag or list, and latest links are published as RSS feeds. ## Good for - People who want to keep their bookmark data on their own server - Keeping a long-term archive of links that may disappear - Households or small groups sharing one link collection ## Worth knowing - You run and maintain it yourself; the maker says he offers no free personal support or installation help. - It uses a bookmarklet for saving rather than a browser extension. - An official hosted version is listed as a beta with a waitlist, with no price shown. - The maker offers prioritized support to people who become a Patreon or GitHub sponsor. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. LinkAce is a free, open-source bookmark archive with tags, lists, link monitoring and an API, installed on your own server with Docker, Kubernetes or PHP. You run it and update it yourself, and the maker says he gives no free personal support. A hosted version is only a waitlisted beta with no price. - **Value for money: C.** Free only if you host it yourself, which needs a server, so the real cost isn't on record. The hosted version is a beta with a waitlist and no price shown. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The whole application is free to run, with no paid tier to be pushed into. The catch is the server you need to run it on. - **Features: C.** Tags, lists, link monitoring, automatic archiving, SSO, a REST API and Zapier. Saving is through a bookmarklet rather than a browser extension. - **Ease of use: D.** No rating on record. It's installed with Docker, Kubernetes or PHP and kept up to date by you. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with a bookmarklet for saving and no phone or desktop apps listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from LinkAce's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among read-later and bookmark apps - LinkAce's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 0 of the 52 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 22 of 52) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - LinkAce has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/reading ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** LinkAce is free, so making your own would save you nothing. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 52 of the 52 other read-later and bookmark apps grade higher. - You could make: Bookmarks: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Zapier and Internet Archive among them, and has an API. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Zapier, Internet Archive **Tags:** Bookmarks, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API ## Alternatives - [linkding](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkding): Minimal, self-hosted bookmark manager with tags and archiving. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkace-vs-linkding) - [Linkwarden](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkwarden): Open-source bookmark manager that preserves a copy of each page. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkace-vs-linkwarden) - [Karakeep](https://toolgpa.com/tools/karakeep): Open-source bookmark app that tags saved links, notes and images. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/karakeep-vs-linkace) - [Readeck](https://toolgpa.com/tools/readeck): Open-source, self-hosted read-later and bookmark archive. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkace-vs-readeck) - [wallabag](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wallabag): Open-source read-it-later app you can self-host or use hosted. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkace-vs-wallabag) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.linkace.org/ - https://www.linkace.org/features/ - https://www.linkace.org/about/ - https://www.linkace.org/support/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkace Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).