What it is

Faved is a free, open-source bookmark manager for people who want to keep a large link collection organized without sending the data to a third-party service. It lives in the self-hosted productivity and read-it-later ecosystem, and it is built with TypeScript and React. The core idea is local storage plus nested tags, fast search, and management tools for large collections.

The problem it solves is the loss of control and structure in ordinary bookmark saving. Browser bookmarks often become flat and hard to maintain, while Faved targets migration from existing tools and local data ownership. It addresses this with duplicate detection, automatic metadata fetching, bulk actions, and imports from common browsers and existing tools.

Key capabilities

• Faved organizes bookmarks with nested tags, so users can place items such as Go and Python under Programming Languages → Backend.
• Tags can be colored, described, searched from the sidebar, pinned, and optionally rolled up to include child tags.
• It fetches titles, descriptions, and preview images automatically, and it detects duplicates when bookmarks are added.
• The interface keeps bookmark search, tag search, filtering, editing, and bulk actions in one workflow, with instant search, sorting, and card, list, or table layouts.
• Faved is responsive, installable as a PWA, and usable through a Chrome extension, a bookmarklet, or Apple Shortcuts.
• Imports can preserve folder structure from Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge, while migration from Pocket and Raindrop.io can retain collections and tags.

Who uses it and how

• A privacy-focused user can self-host Faved without external dependencies and keep bookmark data on local storage.
• A reader can save links with the bookmarklet or Chrome extension, then organize them with nested tags.
• A user moving from Pocket or Raindrop.io can import existing collections and continue managing the archive in Faved.
• A mobile user can install the PWA and use Apple Shortcuts to save links from the share sheet on iOS, macOS, or iPadOS.

Getting started

Users can self-host Faved with no external dependencies, or use the hosted cloud option with zero setup, automatic backups, support, and encrypted data. The documentation covers installation, updating, PWA installation, bookmarklet use, Apple Shortcuts, adding and editing bookmarks, importing, organizing, finding, and bulk actions.

When to use it — and when not to

Faved is a good fit when local storage, nested tags, duplicate detection, and bulk management matter more than a zero-setup hosted service. It is less suitable when automated tagging or tag icons are needed today, because those features are planned or coming soon, and when a mature community signal is needed, because the repository is very new and shows zero contributors. The hosted option reduces setup work, but the self-hosted option requires the user to operate the deployment and keep local data safe.