LinkSnatch

An effortlessly simple bookmarks app that lets you save the links on your device on the go.

Introduction

This is a dead simple bookmarks app that lets you save the links on your device on the go.

I built LinkSnatch because I wanted something really simple to save links that I wanted to read later. I didn't want to have to sign up for an account, I didn't want to have to install a browser extension, and I didn't want to have to use a bookmarking service that was going to track me. I wanted something pretty simple that just works. And here I am!

The app is fairly opinionated and comes with a set of bare minimum features I would need:

• A beautiful interface with minimal distractions.
• Extracts URL metadata using jsonlink.io and saves it to the browser's local storage.
• Save and search links all from a single place.
• Dark mode.
• It doesn't track you.
• No signup needed.
• It doesn't require you to install a browser extension.
• It's open source.

I started building it to solve my own itch but later realized that someone might be in need of something like this. And so, I decided to set it free out in the wild!

Read the story: Building LinkSnatch

Tech Stack

• Next.js
• Tailwind CSS
• Preline
• jsonlink.io
• React Hot Toast
• AutoAnimate

Development

First, clone the repository.

git clone git@github.com:amitmerchant1990/linksnatch.git

Then install the dependencies.

npm install

Go to jsonlink.io and get your API key. Then, create a .env.local file in the root of the project and add the following.

NEXTPUBLICJSONLINKAPIKEY=addyourapikeyhere

Finally, run the development server.

npm run dev
or
yarn dev
or
pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see LinkSnatch in action.

Community

• docker-linksnatch - A dockerized version of LinkSnatch directly installable from Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry by @varunsridharan.
• linksnatch-docker - A docker setup repository for LinkSnatch by @obiequack.

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License

MIT

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