Betula

Self-hosted federated bookmark manager for the independent web.

Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/bouncepaw/betula
Maintainer: https://merveilles.town/@bouncepaw
Website: https://joinbetula.org

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2026-06-06 14:25:12 GMT

Introducing Betula v1.8.0
#Betula is a self-hosted federated bookmark manager. Tags, notes, search, #Fediverse, archives.
This release introduces import and export of bookmarks in Netscape Bookmark File, Pinboard JSON and Raindrop CSV.
Release notes: https://joinbetula.org/v1.8.0.html
This release was sponsored by @npub1n8y…l96n
May you be happy!
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2026-05-05 16:55:57 GMT

Introducing Betula v1.7.0
#Betula is a self-hosted federated bookmark manager. Tags, descriptions, quotes, #Fediverse, archives.
This release introduces log servers integration (ECS), OCI container, Docker Hub release, pre-built executables for many operating systems (from GNU+Linux to Plan 9), and other fixes and improvements.
Release notes: https://joinbetula.org/v1.7.0.html
This release was sponsored by @npub1n8y…l96n
Happy bookmarking!
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2026-01-25 15:11:35 GMT

Introducing Betula v1.6.0
#Betula is a self-hosted federated bookmark manager. Tags, descriptions, quotes, #Fediverse, archives.
This release introduces likes and other improvements.
Release notes: https://betula.mycorrhiza.wiki/v1.6.0.html
This release was sponsored by @npub1n8y…l96n. Thank you!
Happy bookmarking!
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2025-04-29 08:56:21 GMT

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it's bad enough for numerous instances to defederate, and for Betula, a public project, it's quite important. I believe that the new admin team will set things straight, but I don't think refederation will happen.
Although I don't exactly know what are the numbers... Will take a look into it later.

2025-04-29 08:41:59 GMT

#Fosstodon is basically done. Time to migrate. Can you recommend anything?
I'm looking for a big, sustainable instance with reasonable rules. Preferably focused on free software. Preferably Mastodon. Self-hosting is out of question. What do people use?
I know of #FlossSocial, but @npub1nsg…05sy is there already, and I don't want to have two accounts on one instance.

2025-04-01 10:23:26 GMT

Many speculated that #Betula can be turned into a microblogging server easily. It's true, one only has to hide the bookmarked URL, writing the text in the bookmark description.
Paying attention to the rising popularity of microblogs around the world, we've decided to make Betula into such an application. The next version, v2.0.0, will be the start of the new era. We'll focus on compatibility with the leading platforms such as #honk and #snac2 first.

2024-06-17 13:04:16 GMT

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yeah, that's what tags are for: easy search. I think a fix won't be too hard, expect it by the next release.
I still don't like folders. It's not like tags do the same thing. They are more general, thus can replace folders and more.

2024-06-17 13:01:04 GMT

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thank you! Stay tuned for more

2024-06-17 12:56:36 GMT

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it seems you have set up the site description instead of Custom CSS. They are set up on the same Settings page, double check