# I built a local-first bookmark manager that actually remembers what you saved > Source: > Published: 2026-10-25 02:00:17+00:00 I saved links faster than I could find them again, so I built Linkit, an open-source desktop bookmark manager that fetches and summarizes every link as you save it. A browser bookmark stores a URL and nothing else. That leaves three gaps: keyword search only matches exact titles, you have to open a link to know what it says, and the same article saved from three URLs looks like three entries. Linkit works on the saved content instead. **Summaries and key takeaways.** Every saved link is fetched, summarized, and broken into a few takeaways. You scan the summary instead of opening twelve tabs. Point it at any OpenAI-compatible API, or run a local model through Ollama. **Search that matches on meaning.** Keyword search fails the moment you don't remember the wording. "How to make large file transfer faster" should find a link whose title says "transfer optimization". Search here embeds your library and matches on vector similarity. **A knowledge graph.** Your library renders as an interactive network, connected by shared tags, collections, and semantic similarity. It shows which topics you keep circling and which areas you've never touched. **Duplicate detection.** Exact URL matches, plus AI-detected near-duplicates where the same content lives at different URLs. Review and merge with one click. **Link health checks.** A background scan finds 404s and silently changed pages, so dead links don't quietly rot. All bookmarks live in a local SQLite database on your machine. The app runs fully offline and needs no account. If you want multi-device sync, there's an optional Supabase backend with row-level security where every record is bound to your own `auth.uid()`, unreadable to the developer. That sync is free as well. Go for the backend, Wails to ship it as a native desktop app, React for the UI. The AI layer is provider-agnostic, so OpenAI, DeepSeek, a local Ollama instance, or anything that speaks the OpenAI API shape will work. Cross-platform binaries ship through GitHub Releases and Homebrew. ``` brew install blue-idea/tap/linkit ``` Windows, macOS DMG, and Linux AppImage/DEB are on the [releases page](https://github.com/blue-idea/linkit/releases). MIT licensed, 100% free, no paid tier. Import from Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari in one click to start from the collection you already have. If you've ever lost a link you swore you'd come back to, try it: [https://github.com/blue-idea/linkit](https://github.com/blue-idea/linkit) If it helps, a star genuinely helps other people find it.