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Work · July 21, 2023

Ulry – Lightweight and fast link archiver app for iOS

Hey HN! Ulry is a link archiver that allows you to save and organize your favorite links in one convenient place. It uses SQLite under the hood and it does not require any kind of registration. There are many other features like full-text search, ability to add notes to every link and URL redirections, folder, tags and a lot more. I initially created this project because I couldn't keep up with a lot of HN links that ended up in the front page and that I wanted to read in the future. At the time, I was not able to find a simple link archiver that worked without registration and I hated the…

Ulry – Lightweight and fast link archiver app for iOS launched on July 21, 2023 with 12 votes, #1,576 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

In plain words

Ulry is an iOS app for saving and organizing links without requiring registration. It uses SQLite for storage and offers full-text search, custom notes, tags, and folders to manage saved URLs. The app is designed for users who want a lightweight alternative to registration-based link archivers, emphasizing speed and simplicity without scraping webpage content.

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From the sources

Lightweight and fast link archiver app for iOS. Contribute to mattrighetti/Ulry development by creating an account on GitHub.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN! Ulry is a link archiver that allows you to save and organize your favorite links in one convenient place. It uses SQLite under the hood and it does not require any kind of registration. There are many other features like full-text search, ability to add notes to every link and URL redirections, folder, tags…

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