Faved
Handcrafted bookmark manager combining powerful tagging, instant search, and a clean, distraction-free interface. Built for large collections and advanced workflows, optimized for efficiency and ease-of-use.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 12% of tracked projects; popularity more than 39%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.3k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v2.10.0 · 5 Aug 2026 |
| Repo updated | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Faved actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 24 commits, of which 20 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 7 commits a month.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 400% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, v2.10.0, shipped about two months ago — a current, installable version exists today.
Faved ranks #7 of 19 in Bookmarks and Link Sharing, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Faved actually does
Faved is a self-hosted bookmark manager designed to help you store, tag, and search through large collections of web links. It provides a clean, minimalist interface focused on quick retrieval and organisation of saved pages.
Best fit: It suits users who manage extensive bookmark archives and prefer a dedicated, searchable local interface over browser-sync services.
Worth knowing: Development activity is currently slowing, meaning you might wait longer for bug fixes or new features compared to more actively maintained alternatives in this space.
Deployment notes
As a containerised application, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for your bookmark data and run it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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