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Shelf — All features

Save useful links, organize your library, search inside saved pages, and keep local copies for later.

Free and open-source. View source on GitHub.

Save & enrich bookmarks

Rich page details — Save titles, descriptions, cover images, favicons, authors, publication dates, and site information when available.
Preview before saving — Fetch page details, review them, and make your own edits before adding a bookmark.
Metadata refresh — Refresh page information later while retaining your tags, collection, and personal notes.
Short-link expansion — Expand reachable redirected links before saving, making duplicate destinations easier to recognize.
Notes and favorites — Add your own context, mark favorites, or archive older bookmarks without deleting them.
Sharing shortcuts — Show a bookmark's QR code, copy its link, or copy its saved details.

Tags with autocomplete — Reuse existing tags, browse tag counts, and rename a tag across your library.
Color-coded collections — Create, rename, recolor, and remove collections without deleting their bookmarks.
Bulk collection moves — Move all bookmarks matching a search into a collection at once.
Combined filters — Filter by tags, collection, date added, multiple domains, favorites, archive status, or saved-copy availability.
Library cleanup — Find never-opened bookmarks, bookmarks with notes, or entries that still need tags.

Library-wide search — Search titles, descriptions, addresses, websites, tags, collections, authors, and notes.
Typo-friendly matching — Find relevant bookmarks even when your wording is not an exact match.
Search saved page text — Find words inside pages for which you have a local saved copy.
Advanced queries — Combine terms with AND, OR, and parentheses, use #tag searches, and exclude unwanted terms.
Saved searches — Name a useful query and rerun it against your current library.
Search shortcut — Jump straight to search with Command/Ctrl+K.

Local page copies — Capture a page when you add a bookmark or save a copy later.
In-app reader — Read captured pages inside Shelf when you want the saved version or the live page is unavailable.
Copy management — Refresh an older capture, export an individual saved page, or remove its copy while keeping the bookmark.
Capture progress — See when saved copies are queued, being captured, or ready to open.

Grid and list layouts — Switch between visual bookmark cards and a compact list.
Sorting — Sort by newest, oldest, title, website, or most visited.
Visit history — See how often and how recently you have opened a bookmark.
Adjustable interface — Choose interface scaling from 80% to 200%, with keyboard zoom shortcuts.

Shelf and Raindrop.io imports — Bring in an existing CSV library through a guided importer.
Import review — Inspect file and row problems before making changes, then cancel or import only valid entries.
Duplicate-aware imports — See which entries were added, updated, or skipped, with collections created as needed.
Full or filtered exports — Export your entire library or the bookmarks matching your current search and filters.
Preserved bookmark details — Shelf CSV exports retain metadata, tags, collections, notes, favorites, archive status, and visit information.
Storage location choice — Choose your library folder and filename; Shelf copies the library and saved pages to the new location.

Local library — Browse, organize, search, and read saved copies on your computer without creating a cloud account.
Optional password lock — Lock Shelf immediately or after a chosen period of inactivity.
Optional automation — Enable a local API to let your own tools add bookmarks and work with your library. New entries appear in the open app automatically.

Saved pages may depend on online images or other resources, so an offline copy may differ from the live page.
The app lock protects access through Shelf; it does not encrypt library files, saved pages, or exports.