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24 alternatives to A url only notepad that hosts itself
I like playing around with bookmarklets (bookmarks that are executable JavaScript) And I wanted to make a Quine (code that prints a copy of its own source code ad infinitum) So I made a bookmark-only notepad that saves a copy of its own executable and current state to a JavaScript executable bookmarklet. As you type, a link on the page updates with the source code and the internal state. You can drag this link to the bookmarks bar to “save” your work. Works cross device if you have browser sync on. No server involved!
A self-contained notepad built as a bookmarklet that stores notes entirely within executable JavaScript code. As users type, the tool generates an updated bookmarklet containing both the application code and current… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A url only notepad that hosts itself launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A template for self-hosted bookmarks using HTML & jQuery. - skx/bookmarks.public
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Mark up any website from your browser, for free
2019 · usepastel.com · its alternatives →
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I wanted to see how far I could go building a notes app using only what modern browsers already provide – no frameworks, no storage APIs, no build step. What it does: Single HTML file, no deps, 111 loc Notes live in the URL hash (shareable links!) Auto-compressed with CompressionStream Plain-text editor (contenteditable) History support Page title from first # heading Respects light/dark mode No storage, cookies, or tracking The entire app is the page source. https://textarea.my/
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I recently found myself needing a quick way to preview HTML and SVG code without having to copy it into an IDE, save it, and then open it in a browser. ChatGPT's new canvas feature is great for generating code, but it doesn't provide a way to preview HTML directly. To solve this, I made a small bookmarklet that allows you to instantly preview HTML from your clipboard in a new tab. Just copy your HTML, click the bookmarklet, and it will render immediately. It's a simple tool, but it’s saved me a lot of repetitive steps, and I figured it might help others too. The bookmarklet code and…
2024 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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Self-hosted bookmark manager that is designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker. - sissbruecker/linkding
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Bookmarkify▲403Collect websites, images, and videos into visual boards
Jan 2026 · bookmarkify.io · its alternatives →
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Bookmarker▲91Use bookmarks instantly without leaving the browser tab
2022 · devapt.com · its alternatives →
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Side Notepad▲165Write notes without leaving your work
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Arcmark▲216Your bookmarks, attached to any browser as a sidebar
Feb 2026 · geek-1001.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hey there HN! Meet Linkwarden, a fully self-hostable, open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages. Please also visit/star our GitHub repo [1]. Linkwarden was built using TypeScript and NextJS, backed by a PostgreSQL database for the lighter-weight data. The rest of the data can be chosen either to be stored on the filesystem, or stored on the cloud on Digital Ocean Space/AWS S3, the reason for the cloud storage solution was for the Cloud offering [2], we realized that the preserved webpages (archives) take up space pretty quickly and S3 was…
2023 · linkwarden.app · its alternatives →
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CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script. - xwmx/nb
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Easy save code snippets from web pages to Bookmarks.dev
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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SaveIt.now▲163Hey HN! I built SaveIt.now after drowning in 1,211 bookmarks I could never find. So I created a bookmark manager without folders or complex organization - just let the tool organize everything for you and use AI to search! Try it free, just need to sign in P.S. iOS app is coming :)
2025 · saveit.now · its alternatives →
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Exploit chrome's profile sync for free cloud storage - velzie/bookmarkfs
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Notepad▲113A rich, distraction-free alternative to sticky notes 📋
2018 · notepad.microtheta.com · its alternatives →
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Save and sync your web bookmarks using Link Book and GitHub while retaining full control of your data
2023 · link-book.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Sync Chrome bookmarks to Notion with rich metadata.
Jan 2026 · bookmark-assistant.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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tinypad▲22browser bookmarks, organized in a clean and sassy launchpad
Jul 2026 · tinypad.app · its alternatives →
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2018 · jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj.github.io · its alternatives →
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We are longtime members of HN and this is our only submission requesting feedback from the HN community on our product, Clipboard which we have been developing for the past year. Clipboard is a service to save anything online using a bookmarklet or browser extension (think Dropbox for content on the web). Clipboard is built using open source technologies, including Riak, Redis, NGINX, Node.js, and jQuery. One of our core differentiators is how we preserve the visual look and functionality of the original source, which is evident in the sample clips from github here:…
2012 · its alternatives →
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JustMark▲109One-click save, auto-categorize, semantic search
2024 · justmark.1object.ai · its alternatives →
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