A visual bookmark dashboard with a brutalist design. Organize your bookmarks into categories and tab groups, rearrange everything with drag and drop, and sync across all your devices in real time.
Try it live at brutebookmarks.com
No account required. No ads. No tracking. Fun. Stylish. Private.
- Works without an account — Full local experience, no sign-up wall. Your data stays in your browser until you decide otherwise.
- Privacy-first — No ads, no tracking, no data selling, no bookmark analysis. When used locally, nothing leaves your browser.
- Real-time sync — Sign in and your bookmarks appear on every device instantly. Not eventual consistency — actually real time.
- Brutalist design — A distinctive visual identity. Looks like nothing else in the category.
- Open source — MIT licensed. Read every line of code.
- Categories — Group bookmarks into named categories
- Tab Groups — Drag one category onto another to combine them as tabs
- Drag & Drop — Reorder bookmarks, categories, and tab groups freely. Move bookmarks between categories.
- Dark & Light Themes — Toggle with one click
- Accent Colors — Pick any color, the entire interface adapts
- Wireframe Mode — A stripped-back, outlined UI style
- Card Size & Page Width — A 2D controller to resize cards and page width simultaneously
- Bar Scale — Cycle through category bar heights to find your density
- Show or Hide Card Names — Clean icons only, or icons with labels
- Favicon Auto-Fetch — Grab site favicons with one click
- Wikimedia Search — Find high-quality logos from Wikimedia Commons
- Emoji Icons — Use Twemoji icons for bookmarks
- Custom Upload — Upload your own icons (drag-and-drop supported)
- Import — From Chrome's built-in bookmarks, JSON backups, or browser HTML exports
- Export — Backup all your data as JSON at any time
- Erase — Delete everything with one button. Full control over your data.
A companion extension for Chrome and Firefox. Click the icon on any page to save it.
- One-click save — One category? One click. Multiple? Pick from a dropdown.
- Duplicate detection — Already saved a page? The extension tells you where, with the option to save it elsewhere.
- Category overview — See all your categories and bookmark counts at a glance.
Built with the WXT framework from a single codebase.
cd extension
npm install
npx wxt # Chrome dev
npx wxt --browser firefox # Firefox dev| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | TypeScript, Vite, CSS custom properties |
| Backend | Convex (real-time subscriptions + mutations) |
| Auth | Clerk |
| Hosting | Vercel (frontend) + Convex Cloud (backend) |
| Extension | WXT (Chrome + Firefox from single codebase) |
# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/HNTBO/brutebookmarks.git
cd brutebookmarks
npm install
# Start dev server (port 5173)
npm run devCreate a .env file at the root:
VITE_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=pk_test_...
VITE_CONVEX_URL=https://...convex.cloudFor Vercel deployment, also set CONVEX_DEPLOY_KEY and use build command:
npx convex deploy && vite build
- Icons: Wikimedia Commons, Twemoji, DuckDuckGo favicons
- Auth: Clerk
- Backend: Convex
- Extension framework: WXT
Made by a solo developer. No venture capital. No growth hacks. Just a bookmark manager that respects your time and your data.