RSS-Link-Database VS Django-link-archive

I think that people who say they prefer keeping a simple file has never found a good app for bookmarking. There is still a space for killer app with bookmarks.

I think that simple URL bookmarking is just wrong. It simply will not work for big bookmarking data sets. The key is using tags, and rating system, and automatic update which checks if URLs are even valid any more.

I also thought that we miss a killer RSS app.

That is why I created my own self-hosted app.

- it can store bookmarks

- it gather news through RSS

- it provides tags (I can search bookmarks by tags)

- it provides user ratings (I can filter using it too)

- I can filter, or order by link, date of publish, date of creation, etc. etc.

- It checks if links are rotten (and marks them)

- I can mark link to read it for later

- I can see how many times I have visited a link

- I can check 'related links' to jump to things I have jump before from this link

On the other hand, I am quite certain that I use it, because it is 'tailored for me'. I am not that interested in the looks. I know how it works

- https://rumca-js.github.io/search - demo search

- https://rumca-js.github.io/music - demo music

- https://rumca-js.github.io/bookmarks - demo bookmarks

- https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database - database of bookmarks

- https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - link meta information

- https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive - main crawling engine using for all databases

I love bookmarks. I have made RSS app with bookmarking mechanism.

My links about bookmarks and links below.

https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive - django app, RSS client, simple web crawler, under construction

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database - my bookmarks repository

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2025 - RSS links for year 2025

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2024 - RSS links for year 2024

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2023 - RSS links for year 2023

https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - I also maintain a list of domains found in the Internet

https://rumca-js.github.io/search - search that uses links maintained in zip files

https://rumca-js.github.io/music - my music library, browsable

https://rumca-js.github.io/bookmarks - my bookmarks, browsable

ooooh I so escaped walled gardens.

I use my own set of domains to find places on the internet [0].

A working example how it could be used is at [1]. It is a domain viewer in javascript.

I also use my own RSS client [2] that stores all links in [3], but don't get me wrong, I also have my storage for bookmarks [4]

Links:

[0] https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database

[1] https://rumca-js.github.io/quickstart/public/static_lists/vi...

[2] https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

[3] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2025

[4] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database

Automation is inevitable. Growing AI is inevitable. Maybe it will become better, maybe not, but people will become accustomed to it. The better AI is, the more people will believe it. At some point it will replace critical thinking, just as newspaper were shaping popular opinions.

I have always been afraid that Google might be manipulating popular opinion, erasing, rewriting history by changing links it suggests. That is why I like archive.org; I can always go back to see state of web pages before. No rewriting history.

That is why I also keep my own repository of links https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database so that I always could return to links, that are important to me. I do not trust Google, or any big tech giant.

RSS Link Database

Similar goal, different approach. I wrote RSS reader, that captures link meta from various RSS sources. The meta data are exported every day. I have different repositories for bookmarks, different for daily links, different for 'known domains'.

Written in Django.

I can always go back, parse saved data. If web page is not available, I fall back to Internet Archive.

- https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive - RSS reader / web scraper

- https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database - bookmarks I found interesting

- https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2024 - every day storage

- https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - internet domains found on the internet

After creating python package for web communication, that replaces requests for me, which uses sometimes selenium I wrote also CLI interface to read RSS sources from commandline: https://github.com/rumca-js/yafr

On the other hand it is not 1995. Time has moved on. I wrote a Simple RSS feed, that also serves as search engine for bookmarks.

I am able to run it in attick on raspberry pi. We do not have to rely so heavily on google.

https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

It is true that it does not serve me as google, or kagi replacement. It is a very nice addition though.

With a little bit off determination I do not have to be so dependent on google.

Here is also a dump of known domains. Some are personal.

https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database

...and my bookmarks

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database

Some more years, and google can go to hell.

[4] https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

These are exported then to github repositories:

[5] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database - bookmarks

[6] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2023 - 2023 year news headlines

[7] https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - all known to me domains, and RSS feeds

My own repositories:

- bookmarked entries https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database

- mostly domains https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database

- all 'news' from 2023 https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2023

I am using my own Django program to capture and manage links https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive.

That is why I wrote [1] for myself. It stores links in database, which I can query. Everything is later on exported, like in [2] and [3]. I can browse history, I can find useful data. I do not say it has replaced google for me. It is a nice addition that helped me gather data I encounter on the Internet.

It is a link database, at first glance resembles Reddit clone, but my focus is on creating link database, not on providing social media experience cancer.

Links:

[1] https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

[2] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database

[3] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2023

I use my own RSS reader [0]. I found other to be lacking in some areas.

I use it also for:

- bookmarks

- web crawling

- simple search engine

I also created simple RSS reader/parser, and web crawling system [1].

Links:

[0] https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

[1] https://github.com/rumca-js/crawler-buddy

I think that people who say they prefer keeping a simple file has never found a good app for bookmarking. There is still a space for killer app with bookmarks.

I think that simple URL bookmarking is just wrong. It simply will not work for big bookmarking data sets. The key is using tags, and rating system, and automatic update which checks if URLs are even valid any more.

I also thought that we miss a killer RSS app.

That is why I created my own self-hosted app.

- it can store bookmarks

- it gather news through RSS

- it provides tags (I can search bookmarks by tags)

- it provides user ratings (I can filter using it too)

- I can filter, or order by link, date of publish, date of creation, etc. etc.

- It checks if links are rotten (and marks them)

- I can mark link to read it for later

- I can see how many times I have visited a link

- I can check 'related links' to jump to things I have jump before from this link

On the other hand, I am quite certain that I use it, because it is 'tailored for me'. I am not that interested in the looks. I know how it works

- https://rumca-js.github.io/search - demo search

- https://rumca-js.github.io/music - demo music

- https://rumca-js.github.io/bookmarks - demo bookmarks

- https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database - database of bookmarks

- https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - link meta information

- https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive - main crawling engine using for all databases

Projects

- https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - Database of Internet domains, links

- https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive - RSS client, web crawler

- https://github.com/rumca-js/crawler-buddy - web scraper, web crawler, with JSON interface

A project is like a pet. You cannot just "stop" caring about it. If it lives, then you have to look after it

There are a ton of bookmarking software, and good, and self-hosted.

- karakeep

- grimoire

- omnivore

- wallabag

- linkwarden

I myself use RSS reader / bookmark manager that I wrote [1]. Everything is open source. Even data [2] [3].

Links

[1] https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

[2] https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database

[3] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database

I recently tried to integrate Gmail in my app [0], and I poured too much time on it. I decided it is not worth to support Gmail.

Gmail to SQLite describes 6 steps to get credentials working, but it is not true for me. After 6 steps:

- that Google said that my app was not published, so I published it

- Google said that app cannot be internal, because I am not a workspace user

- for external apps

- then it said I cannot use the app until it is verified

- in verification they wanted to know domain, address, other details

- they wanted to have my justification for scopes

- they wanted to have video explaining how the app is going to be used

- they will take some time to verify the data I provided them

It all looks like a maze of settings, where requiring any of users to go above the hoops required by Google is simply too much.

Links:

[0] https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

I really think extensions are not the way to go:

- I prefer self hosting

- Can pick data from many devices, and be accessed from many devices

My project is still under development, but:

- uses docker

- I can bookmark pages

- I can easily navigate to archive.org

- Server updates page info, if is dead, from time to time

- Can support many users

Project link: https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

There is also karakeep, and other bookmark managers.

I also did a thing in my bookmarking software.

I added advanced button, for any link, which shows menu where you can navigate to Google translate, internet archive, schema validation, whois pages.

With the menu I can check links, and navigate easily

https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive/blob/main/RE...

I love bookmarks. I have made RSS app with bookmarking mechanism.

My links about bookmarks and links below.

https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive - django app, RSS client, simple web crawler, under construction

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database - my bookmarks repository

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2025 - RSS links for year 2025

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2024 - RSS links for year 2024

https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2023 - RSS links for year 2023

https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database - I also maintain a list of domains found in the Internet

https://rumca-js.github.io/search - search that uses links maintained in zip files

https://rumca-js.github.io/music - my music library, browsable

https://rumca-js.github.io/bookmarks - my bookmarks, browsable

I have been gathering a lot of information about myself.

I wrote my own RSS reader. It is self hosted, so tracking is also done on phone.

I gather pages I visit through my reader, browse history, times a page was visited.

It is my window to the internet.

https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

ooooh I so escaped walled gardens.

I use my own set of domains to find places on the internet [0].

A working example how it could be used is at [1]. It is a domain viewer in javascript.

I also use my own RSS client [2] that stores all links in [3], but don't get me wrong, I also have my storage for bookmarks [4]

Links:

[0] https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database

[1] https://rumca-js.github.io/quickstart/public/static_lists/vi...

[2] https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

[3] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database-2025

[4] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database