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by lannisterstark 1052 days ago
eeeeh.

Shiori looks like it'd work infinitely better compared to floccus. It has an extension, tags, and everything is stored in a central repository you can visit from web (or server itself) any time you want. It also archives your bookmarks. It has been working flawlessly for me for a couple of years now.

https://github.com/go-shiori
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nirav72 1052 days ago
I've been self-hosting and using Shiori for couple years now. Originally it was my replacement for pocket. It’s the closest thing I found to Pocket. Not only for read-it-later, but also as my archiving tool. My only issue with Shiori is that I have not been able to find a working browser extension or get the official Shiori extensions to work. So adding URLs is a manual process. So I only use it archive dev and longform articles for reference later.
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lannisterstark 1050 days ago
Really? The official extension works fine for me. What issue are you running into?
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nirav72 1049 days ago
I couldn't get the extension working on any chromium based browser. (or chrome or edge either)

Using the chrome extension - I get an error "json: cannot unmarshal bool into Go struct field .remember of type int" when attempting to login to my local Shiori server.

The extension - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/shiori-create-book...

Looking at the reviews on that extension,that seems to be the common complaint.

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attentive 1052 days ago
That looks like a web app, not an actual browser bookmark sync.

Apples and oranges.

There is a value in using native browser bookmarks and syncing them cross browsers/OS's.

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lannisterstark 1052 days ago
>There is a value in using native browser bookmarks and syncing them cross browsers/OS's.

Don't most browsers do this automatically WITHOUT a third party app? Firefox and Chrome both sync bookmarks across devices. What is the usecase for a third party bookmark syncer in that case?

Shiori acts both as an archiver as well as bookmark saver. My bookmarks are ...cluttered otherwise. I have a OneTab page with over 37000 'tabs' saved.

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attentive 1051 days ago
They don't natively sync cross-browsers i.e. chrome/brave/firefox.

Safari would be a welcome addition but alas.

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