The best Raindrop alternatives depend on what you'd change about Raindrop. For open source and saved copies of every page, try Linkwarden. To self-host with AI tagging, Karakeep. On Apple devices only, Anybox or GoodLinks. For reading rather than filing, Readwise Reader. To keep clips as Markdown files you own, Obsidian Web Clipper. For free with zero setup, your browser's bookmarks. And if most of your saving happens on your phone, in screenshots and shared links, that's the gap I'm building Reminari for.
One disclosure: I make one of these apps, so I've tried to write about the others the way I'd want someone to write about mine. Prices and features come from each product's own site as of October 2026. Where I couldn't confirm a number, I left it out.
What Raindrop.io does well
Raindrop is the bookmark manager a lot of people end up with, for good reasons. You sort links into collections, add tags and filters on top, and view them as a grid, a list or a masonry board. It runs nearly everywhere: the web, Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android, with extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge.
The free plan is unusually generous. Per Raindrop's plan page, it includes unlimited bookmarks, collections, highlights and devices, import and export, sharing and collaboration, and 100 MB of file uploads a month.
Pro is a paid upgrade, billed monthly or yearly. It adds full-text search (including PDFs and YouTube transcripts), permanent copies of your bookmarks, an AI assistant, reminders, annotations, a duplicate and broken-link finder, daily backups and 10 GB of uploads.
Its web app, extensions and desktop app are open source under the MIT license, too. If all that covers you, stay.
Why people look for a Raindrop.io alternative
From what I hear, it's usually one of five things:
- You want to run it yourself. Raindrop's apps are open source, but the service behind them is Raindrop's, and there's no version you can host.
- The best search is paid. Full-text search and permanent copies are Pro features.
- You live on Apple devices and want something that feels native and syncs through iCloud.
- You save things to read them, and a bookmark list isn't a reading queue.
- Your saving happens on your phone. Screenshots, shared posts and quick notes don't fit neatly into a manager built around URLs.
The best Raindrop alternatives, app by app
1. Linkwarden: the best open-source Raindrop alternative
Linkwarden is the closest thing to Raindrop you can run yourself. It's open source under AGPL-3.0, and it saves every page as a screenshot, a PDF and a single HTML file, so you still have the page after the original site dies.
There's a reader view with highlights, optional AI tagging, RSS feeds, and collections you can share with collaborators or publicly. It has a web app, extensions for Chrome, Safari and Firefox, and iPhone and Android apps.
Self-hosting is free. The hosted version is $3 a month per user, billed yearly, with a 14-day trial and up to 30,000 links, per Linkwarden's pricing.
Trade-off: self-hosting means running a server and keeping it updated. The hosted plan has a trial rather than a free tier.
2. Karakeep: the best self-hosted Raindrop alternative
Karakeep, previously called Hoarder, is for people who save more than links. It holds notes, images and PDFs too, and was built to be self-hosted first.
AI tags and summarizes your saves using OpenAI or a local model through Ollama, so the AI can stay on your own machine. OCR makes the text inside images and screenshots searchable, and there's semantic search, full-page archives and RSS. Apps cover the web, Chrome, Firefox and Safari, iPhone and Android.
According to Karakeep's pricing page, self-hosting is free with no limits. The hosted Karakeep Cloud has a free plan with 50 bookmarks and 100 MB of storage, and Pro is $4 a month or $40 a year for 50,000 bookmarks and 50 GB.
Trade-off: it's at its best on your own server, which makes you the IT department.
3. Anybox or GoodLinks: best if you live on Apple devices
Both run on Mac, iPhone and iPad, sync through iCloud, and feel like they belong there.
Anybox is the bookmark manager of the two. It has folders, nested tags and smart lists, archives pages as PDFs or screenshots, and holds images, files and notes as well as links. The free plan saves 50 links; Pro is $1.99 a month or $14.99 a year, with a lifetime option too.
GoodLinks is a read-later app. It pulls out the article text, lets you highlight and add notes, tags and searches your saves, and can summarize an article in one tap. You buy it once and get a year of feature upgrades.
Trade-off: both are Apple-only. If you switch platforms, you start over.
4. mymind: best if you'd rather not organize at all
mymind is Raindrop's philosophical opposite: no folders. You save an image, link or note, and it tags and files it itself. It runs on iPhone, Android and Mac, with extensions for Chrome, Edge and Safari.
As of October 2026, new accounts start on a free guest plan capped at 100 cards (per mymind's help center); after that, The Bookmarker costs $4.99 a month, Student of Life $7.99 a month or $79 a year, and Mastermind $12.99 a month or $129 a year. More in the best mymind alternatives.
Trade-off: you give up control, and it's a paid product.
5. Readwise Reader: best if you save things to read them
If your Raindrop is mostly articles you meant to read, Reader suits you better. It handles articles, PDFs, EPUBs, newsletters, RSS and YouTube transcripts, with excellent highlighting, text-to-speech and an AI assistant called Ghostreader.
It's on iPhone, Android, the web, Mac and Windows, with extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Reader comes with the full Readwise plan, $9.99 a month billed yearly or $12.99 monthly, after a 30-day trial. I compared it with the other options in the best read-it-later apps.
Trade-off: it's a reading app, not an archive of every link you've ever liked.
6. Obsidian Web Clipper: best for keeping clips as files you own
The Obsidian Web Clipper is a free, open-source extension that saves pages as Markdown files straight into your Obsidian vault, on your own device. It works in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, Brave, Arc, Orion and Vivaldi, with templates for articles, recipes and papers.
Obsidian itself is free, with no sign-up. Per the Web Clipper page, everything you clip stays local.
Trade-off: it's a notes system, not a bookmark manager, and you build the structure yourself. More on who that suits in the best second brain apps.
7. Your browser's bookmarks: the free Raindrop alternative you already have
Don't skip the boring answer. Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge all have bookmarks with folders, and they sync across your devices when you're signed in.
Trade-off: search covers titles and addresses, not what's on the page, and nothing keeps a copy if the page disappears. If your real problem is forty open tabs, this is how I handle too many tabs.
8. Reminari: best if your saving happens on your phone
This one's mine, so weigh it accordingly. Reminari isn't a bookmark manager in Raindrop's sense. It's a phone library for links, screenshots, text and notes, saved from the share sheet.
Links keep the page's title, description and preview image when the page provides them. It reads the text inside screenshots on your device, and with optional cloud AI on, writes a short summary and files things into smart groups like Travel or Receipts. You can search by meaning, or ask a plain question and get an answer from your own saves, with sources shown. The library is encrypted on your phone, and any item can stay on-device only.
Trade-off: it's mobile only, with no browser extension or desktop app. It's Android first, with iOS in active development, and in early access. It can't import your Raindrop bookmarks. It's free to start, with early access here.
Raindrop alternatives compared
| App | Platforms | Free plan | Open source / self-host | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raindrop.io | Web, Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, extensions | Yes, unlimited bookmarks | Open-source apps, no self-hosting | Organized bookmarks on every device |
| Linkwarden | Web, iPhone, Android, extensions | Free if self-hosted; cloud has a 14-day trial | Yes, both | Keeping copies of pages you can't lose |
| Karakeep | Web, iPhone, Android, extensions | Yes, 50 bookmarks on Cloud; unlimited self-hosted | Yes, both | Self-hosters who want AI tags and OCR |
| Anybox | Mac, iPhone, iPad | Yes, 50 links | No | A native bookmark manager on Apple devices |
| GoodLinks | Mac, iPhone, iPad | No, one-time purchase | No | Reading saved articles on Apple devices |
| mymind | iPhone, Android, Mac, extensions | Yes, up to 100 cards | No | Saving without folders |
| Readwise Reader | Web, iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, extensions | 30-day trial | No | Reading and highlighting |
| Obsidian Web Clipper | Eight browsers, plus Obsidian | Yes | Open-source clipper, local files | Owning clips as Markdown |
| Browser bookmarks | Every major browser | Yes | Not applicable | Simple links with zero setup |
| Reminari | Android (iOS in development) | Free to start | No self-hosting; encrypted on-device library | Screenshots and links saved on your phone |
How to choose a bookmark manager
Ask yourself three questions, in this order.
Where do you save from? If it's a laptop browser, Raindrop, Linkwarden, Karakeep and Reader all have good extensions. If it's your phone, count the taps in the share sheet and check that screenshots get read, not just stored.
Do you need the page itself, or just the link? Links rot. If you're saving research, recipes or anything you'd be upset to lose, pick a tool that keeps a copy, and one whose search covers the contents. I explain why that matters in search by meaning, not keywords.
Will you really maintain a server? Self-hosting is satisfying for about a month. If you won't still be applying updates in year two, use the hosted versions of Linkwarden or Karakeep.
Before you move: export from Raindrop
Leaving is easy. On the web or desktop app, open a collection, click Export, and choose a format. Per Raindrop's export guide, HTML is the one to pick, because it's a standard bookmarks file that most browsers and bookmark apps can import.
For a full backup, go to Settings, then Backups, and click Create new. Uploaded files come out separately as a ZIP, from All bookmarks, then Export. Exporting from the Android app isn't available yet, so do this on a computer.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free alternative to Raindrop.io?
Yes. Linkwarden and Karakeep are free if you host them yourself, Karakeep Cloud has a small free plan, and Obsidian with its Web Clipper costs nothing. Your browser's bookmarks are free too, and Raindrop's own free plan is generous.
What is the best open-source alternative to Raindrop?
Linkwarden is the closest match: collections, sharing and a saved copy of every page, under the AGPL-3.0 license. Karakeep is the better pick if you also save notes, images and PDFs and want AI tagging that can run on a local model.
Can you self-host Raindrop.io?
No. Raindrop's web app, extensions and desktop app are open source, but the service they connect to is run by Raindrop. If self-hosting is the point, look at Linkwarden or Karakeep.
Is Raindrop.io free?
Yes. The free plan includes unlimited bookmarks, collections and devices, plus sharing and export. Pro is a paid upgrade that adds full-text search, permanent copies and an AI assistant.
