Buku
★ 7.2kA self-hosted alternative to Evernote
GNU General Public License v3.0Open Source — No Paywall2 Containers — 2 containers — light hosting footprintPackage · SourceNo external DB11 active committers (12mo)
About
buku is a bookmark manager aimed at users who prefer a command-line workflow but still want a private, portable, and flexible way to organize links. It stores bookmarks in a mergeable database, can...
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Features
- bookmark storage with fetched title/tags/description
- browser bookmark import
- browser opening from search results
- Wayback Machine link lookup
- text editor integration
- custom colors
- regex and substring search
- portable mergeable database
- bookmark export/import
- manual encryption support
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 12, 2026
- Created
- Nov 1, 2015
- Install Methods
- package-managersource
- Requirements
- Python 3.10+certifiurllib3cryptographybeautifulsoup4html5lib
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- native-exportfile-backup
- Runtime / Stack
- Pythondeb
- Privacy & Independence
- No TelemetryNo Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓2 Containers — light hosting footprintRuns as 2 containers
Run Buku with Docker Compose
Compose file from the Buku project repository.
2 services · infra: nginx · 1 unclassified (bukuserver)
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (3 volumes)
docker-compose/docker-compose.yml · @ 21e7e9f · scanned Jun 7, 2026
services:
bukuserver:
image: bukuserver/bukuserver
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- BUKUSERVER_PER_PAGE=100
- BUKUSERVER_OPEN_IN_NEW_TAB=true
# - BUKUSERVER_SECRET_KEY=123456789012345678901234
# - BUKUSERVER_URL_RENDER_MODE=full
# - BUKUSERVER_DISABLE_FAVICON=false
ports:
- "5001:5001"
volumes:
- ./data:/root/.local/share/buku
nginx:
image: nginx:alpine
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "80:80"
volumes:
- ./data/nginx:/etc/nginx/conf.d
- ./data/basic_auth:/basic_auth
This file may be out of date. Check the Buku documentation for current setup steps.
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