Faved
★ 1.3kA self-hosted alternative to Evernote
MIT LicenseOpen Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintSourceNo external DB2 active committers (12mo)
About
Faved is an open-source bookmark manager designed for people who need to organize large collections of links with speed and structure. It emphasizes advanced tagging, fast search, and a streamlined...
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Features
- Nested tags
- Tag colors and descriptions
- Tag search and filtering
- Tag rollup
- Pinned tags
- Automatic metadata fetching
- Duplicate detection
- PWA install
- Light/dark mode
- Bulk actions
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
- Created
- Jun 3, 2025
- Install Methods
- source
- Requirements
- PHP 8SQLiteApache
- Backup & Export
- built-in-backup
- Runtime / Stack
- Docker
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Run Faved yourself
Pick how much you want to manage.
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
About 20 minutes with Docker
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
About 20 minutes with Docker
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Run Faved with Docker Compose
Compose file from the Faved project repository.
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (4 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ e7a4dde · scanned Sep 23, 2026
name: faved
services:
apache-php:
container_name: faved-web-app
image: denho/faved
restart: unless-stopped
working_dir: /var/www/html
volumes:
- temp-data:/tmp/
- storage:/var/www/html/storage/
- apache-conf:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
- certbot-conf:/etc/letsencrypt/
ports:
- "${PORT:-8080}:80"
- "${SSL_PORT:-8443}:443"
volumes:
temp-data:
storage:
apache-conf:
certbot-conf:
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