Comments on: Is there a del.icio.us-style program I can install?

Question: Is there a del.icio.us-style program I can install?

lewistate — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:35:28 -0800

Is there a simple del.icio.us-style bookmarking system that I can install on my own server?

I know that most blogging programs can be modified to do this (I've played around with Movable Type and WordPress for this purpose), but there's something very nice about the simplicity of the del.icio.us interface. I also know that there are plenty of hacks to import my del.icio.us bookmarks into whatever content management system I'm using, but I would prefer to have everything running on my server.

I have briefly looked at de.lirio.us and Scuttle, but I haven't installed either of them yet. Has anyone used these? How well do you like them? Are there other options out there?

If it matters, the server hosting my sites runs FreeBSD, and I have access to PHP, MySQL, cgi-bin, and pretty much anything else I might need. I am reasonably proficient at installing sever-side software, but I'm not skilled enough to write my own program.

By: rossmeissl

rossmeissl — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:48:54 -0800

Sure, de.lirio.us.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:37:44 -0800

Or unalog.

By: fjom

fjom — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:17:22 -0800

I have scuttle installed on my server. It was pretty easy to setup and it works perfectly for my needs (basically I wanted a clone of del.icio.us hosted locally)

By: purephase

purephase — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:07:33 -0800

You could try Insipid. Easy to install, easy to configure, and you can snapshot pages in their current form and the content is stored in the Insipid database.

By: lewistate

lewistate — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:41:45 -0800

Thanks fjom and purephase -- I'll try both of those options and see which one works best.

By: Tubes

Tubes — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:54:11 -0800

Ever seen Powermarks? It's a windows bookmarking app that used tags before tagging was cool. It seems to still be available though their website hasn't been updated in quite a while...
I used it and loved it until I got all distracted by del.icio.us and MyWeb2.0 and Furl and Wists etc. etc...