1 alternative to Buku

Buku is a Bookmarks and Link Sharing product. The community recommends 1 alternative: 0 open source, 0 self-hostable and 0 free to use. They are ranked by community votes, ratings and favorites, with the key differences from Buku highlighted.

Last updated: October 9, 2026

About Buku

Powerful bookmark manager and a personal textual mini-web.

Open source · GPL-3.0

Self-hostable

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Evernote

Available on Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android

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Evernote
Note-taking & Editors
Long-running note-taking app for capturing notes, web clips, documents and to-dos in searchable notebooks.
Freemium
Web
Windows
macOS
iOS
Android
Compared with Buku
- − Closed source (Buku is open source)
- − Not self-hostable (Buku is)
- − Paid (Buku is free)
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Buku vs. alternatives

Service	Open source	Self-hosted	License	Pricing	Platforms	Rating	Votes
Buku Current	Yes	Yes	GPL-3.0	—	—	—	—
Evernote	No	No	proprietary	Freemium	Web / Windows / macOS / iOS / Android	—	0

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