{ "schema_version": 1, "generated_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z", "canonical_url": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/linkding", "slug": "linkding", "name": "Linkding", "tagline": "Self-hosted bookmark manager with tags and search.", "replaces": { "summary": "Paid read-later services, such as Pocket.", "products": [ { "slug": "pocket", "name": "Pocket", "vendor": "Mozilla", "url": "https://openlogs.fyi/alternatives/pocket" } ] }, "stack": [ { "kind": "language", "name": "Python" } ], "deployment_methods": [ "docker_compose" ], "requirements": { "min_ram_mb": null, "min_cpu_cores": null, "source_url": null }, "license": { "spdx": "MIT", "class": "osi", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/LICENSE.txt" }, "business_model": { "value": "unknown", "notes": "The README at the pinned commit does not state a business model, so it stays unknown.", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/README.md", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" }, "difficulty": { "value": "easy", "reason": "1 service, 1 volume mount, 1 env value to set, no elevated host access. Heuristic score 1 of 11: easy." }, "repository": { "owner": "sissbruecker", "name": "linkding", "url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding" }, "compose_check": { "status": "config_ok", "validated_at": "2026-10-22", "summary": "config_ok on 2026-10-22" }, "recipe": { "version": 1, "source_path": "docker-compose.yml", "source_repo": "sissbruecker/linkding", "source_commit_sha": "27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5", "source_kind": "app_repo", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/docker-compose.yml" }, "install_steps": [ { "order": 1, "kind": "prerequisite", "language": "text", "label": "Docker with the Compose plugin", "body": "A host with Docker and the Docker Compose plugin. This entry runs from a compose file.", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/docs/src/content/docs/installation.md", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 2, "kind": "compose", "language": "yaml", "label": "Save the compose file as docker-compose.yml", "body": "services:\n linkding:\n container_name: \"${LD_CONTAINER_NAME:-linkding}\"\n image: sissbruecker/linkding:latest\n ports:\n - \"${LD_HOST_PORT:-9090}:9090\"\n volumes:\n - \"${LD_HOST_DATA_DIR:-./data}:/etc/linkding/data\"\n env_file:\n - .env\n restart: unless-stopped", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/docker-compose.yml", "validation_status": "config_ok" }, { "order": 3, "kind": "env", "language": "dotenv", "label": "Save as .env next to the compose file", "body": "# Docker container name\nLD_CONTAINER_NAME=linkding\n# Port on the host system that the application should be published on\nLD_HOST_PORT=9090\n# Directory on the host system that should be mounted as data dir into the Docker container\nLD_HOST_DATA_DIR=./data\n\n# Can be used to run linkding under a context path, for example: linkding/\n# Must end with a slash `/`\nLD_CONTEXT_PATH=\n# Username of the initial superuser to create, leave empty to not create one\nLD_SUPERUSER_NAME=\n# Password for the initial superuser, leave empty to disable credentials authentication and rely on proxy authentication instead\nLD_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=\n# Option to disable background tasks\nLD_DISABLE_BACKGROUND_TASKS=False\n# Option to disable URL validation for bookmarks completely\nLD_DISABLE_URL_VALIDATION=False\n# Enables support for authentication proxies such as Authelia\nLD_ENABLE_AUTH_PROXY=False\n# Name of the request header that the auth proxy passes to the application to identify the user\n# See docs/Options.md for more details\nLD_AUTH_PROXY_USERNAME_HEADER=\n# The URL that linkding should redirect to after a logout, when using an auth proxy\n# See docs/Options.md for more details\nLD_AUTH_PROXY_LOGOUT_URL=\n# Disables the login form, useful to enforce OIDC authentication\nLD_DISABLE_LOGIN_FORM=False\n# List of trusted origins from which to accept POST requests\n# See docs/Options.md for more details\nLD_CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=\n\n# Database settings\n# These are currently only required for configuring PostreSQL.\n# By default, linkding uses SQLite for which you don't need to configure anything.\n\n# Database engine, can be sqlite (default) or postgres\nLD_DB_ENGINE=\n# Database name (default: linkding)\nLD_DB_DATABASE=\n# Username to connect to the database server (default: linkding)\nLD_DB_USER=\n# Password to connect to the database server\nLD_DB_PASSWORD=\n# The hostname where the database is hosted (default: localhost)\nLD_DB_HOST=\n# Port use to connect to the database server\n# Should use the default port if not set\nLD_DB_PORT=\n# Any additional options to pass to the database (default: {})\nLD_DB_OPTIONS=\n", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/.env.sample", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 4, "kind": "note", "language": "text", "label": "What the compose file check ran with", "body": "The compose file check ran together with .env.sample from the same commit, saved as .env. The folder held only these files. The installation guide tells the reader to download docker-compose.yml and .env.sample, rename the sample to .env, set the parameters and start it with docker compose.", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/docs/src/content/docs/installation.md", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 5, "kind": "shell", "language": "bash", "label": "Start it", "body": "docker compose up -d", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/docs/src/content/docs/installation.md", "validation_status": "unvalidated" }, { "order": 6, "kind": "verify", "language": "text", "label": "Open the app", "body": "Open http://localhost:9090. The compose file publishes host port 9090 for the linkding service.", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/docker-compose.yml", "validation_status": "unvalidated" } ], "notes": [ { "kind": "gotcha", "title": "Some images use the latest tag or no tag", "body": "Images without a pinned version: linkding: sissbruecker/linkding:latest. A later pull can get a different version.", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/docker-compose.yml", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" }, { "kind": "gotcha", "title": "The compose file publishes host ports", "body": "Host ports: 9090 (linkding). A port without a host address listens on all host network interfaces.", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/docker-compose.yml", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" }, { "kind": "gotcha", "title": "The compose file mounts host folders", "body": "Host paths mounted into containers: ${LD_HOST_DATA_DIR at -./data} (linkding).", "source_url": "https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/blob/27b7303baf41bb28babc610ac8eaa486e1ddfab5/docker-compose.yml", "checked_at": "2026-10-22" } ], "signals": { "captured_at": "2026-10-22", "stars": 11329, "forks": 666, "open_issues": 237, "last_push": "2026-10-01", "days_since_push": 21, "latest_release": "v1.47.0", "latest_release_date": "2026-09-13", "days_since_release": 39 }, "links": { "html": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/linkding", "markdown": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/linkding.md", "json": "https://openlogs.fyi/tools/linkding.json" }, "updated_at": "2026-10-22" }