Hookmark just added Linkding integration, and I’m really excited about it. It’s a perfect complement to the local bookmarking that Hookmark makes possible.
I love Hookmark, and it’s getting easier to explain as it develops. With Hookmark, you can connect any objects on your Mac to each other, from todo items to documents to notes to web pages. One of the cool features it’s had for a while is sync with Pinboard, where any time you create or copy a link, it generates a Pinboard bookmark automatically. Very handy. But I switched from Pinboard to a self-hosted Linkding instance a little while ago and lost this integration. I took a shot in the dark and asked Luc to add Linkding integration to Hookmark, and guess what? Here it is.
I’m going to turn the rest of this post over to Luc Beaudoin to explain more.
By Luc Beaudoin 
When it comes to organizing digital knowledge, fast and fluid access is everything. That’s why I’m thrilled to share how Hookmark, the contextual linking app from CogSci Apps, which I co-founded, now integrates seamlessly with Linkding — a modern, open-source alternative to legacy bookmarking services like Pinboard.
I’ve written previously on Hookmark’s Linkding support, but this post dives deeper for readers of BrettTerpstra.com — people who appreciate tools that stay out of the way while leveling up your digital workflow.
Pinboard has long been a favorite among power users, but it’s been stagnant for years. Its API works, but innovation has ground to a halt. In contrast, Linkding is an active, community-driven project with features that rival and even surpass Pinboard:
While Linkding’s default interface is minimal and functional, it supports customization through CSS. Users can tailor the UI to their preferences, and community contributions — such as Brett’s card-based layout, —showcase the flexibility of Linkding’s design
In short, Linkding feels like what Pinboard could have become, had it kept pace with the needs of today’s knowledge workers.
Hookmark lets you create persistent links between almost anything on your Mac—files, emails, web pages, tasks, you name it. Think of it as a universal “Copy Link” and “Hook to Copied Link” engine that helps you build a network of contextual references across all your tools.
With Hookmark’s Linkding integration, you can:
This integration is perfect for developers, researchers, writers, or anyone who works with a web of information and wants it just a keystroke away.
Let’s say you’ve saved a Linkding bookmark to a key Apple documentation page. With Hookmark, you can “hook” (i.e., bidirectionally link) that directly to:
Hooking a file automatically bookmarks it in your Linkding database. Now, whenever you’re in that file or app, you’re just one click or shortcut away from jumping to that bookmarked web page—even if you closed your browser days ago.
That’s what Hookmark is all about: reducing friction in your workflow by linking the resources that matter in context.
To enable the integration:
Like Linkding, Hookmark is not standing still. We intend to add more integration with bookmarking services, such as synchronizing tags between Hookmark and Linkding — in both directions. We will also provide a mechanism to import all your Linkding bookmarks into Hookmark–including their tags. We’ll add the ability to add a note to your bookmark, and sync the note with Linkding.
In a time when knowledge is scattered across apps, tabs, and cloud services, tools like Hookmark and Linkding help us re-own our information space. Their integration brings together the best of contextual computing and modern bookmarking.
If you value clarity, speed, and autonomy in your digital workflows, give Hookmark + Linkding a spin. You might never go back.
Brett is a writer and developer living in Minnesota, USA. You can follow him as ttscoff on GitHub, Mastodon, and elsewhere.
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