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Bookmarks Overview

Save, organize, and rediscover web content with folders, tags, and favorites.

Last updated: 2025-07-15

Bookmarks — Web Content Organization

The Bookmarks application helps you save, organize, and rediscover the links that matter to you. Everything is built around two simple concepts: folders and bookmarks. Folders give you a hierarchical structure to keep things tidy; bookmarks are the actual links, enriched with a title, optional description, comma-separated tags, and a favorite flag.


What you can do

Save bookmarks

  • Store any URL with a title (required) and an optional description and tags.
  • Mark any bookmark as a favorite for instant access from the Favorites section.
  • The app automatically records when you last visited a bookmark so you can sort by most-visited.
  • Favicons are displayed next to each bookmark title for quick visual identification.

Organize with folders

  • Create folders with a name, optional description, custom icon (emoji), and a color.
  • Nest folders inside each other — a folder can have a parent folder, creating a subfolder hierarchy.
  • Each folder belongs to a circle (workspace), keeping personal and professional content separate.
  • When a bookmark is placed inside a folder, it automatically inherits the folder's circle.

Tag and search

  • Add comma-separated tags to any bookmark (e.g. design,inspiration,tools).
  • Use the search bar in the All Bookmarks view to filter by title, URL, or description.
  • Sort results by Newest or Most Visited.
  • Choose how many results appear per page: 10, 20, 50, or 100.

Favorites

  • Star any bookmark by ticking the Favorite checkbox when saving or editing it.
  • Access all your starred bookmarks in one place via the Favorites section in the sidebar.

Import bookmarks from a JSON file

  • Create a folder and populate it with bookmarks in one step by uploading a JSON file.
  • The file must contain a folderName and a bookmarks array. Maximum file size is 512 KB.
  • Each bookmark in the file can include title, url, description, tags, and favorite.
  • The import validator reports every error up front — either the whole import succeeds or nothing is written.

Circle isolation

  • Every bookmark and every folder belongs to exactly one circle.
  • You only see content from circles you are a member of.
  • Moving a bookmark or folder to a different circle requires ADMIN permission on the current circle.

The dashboard

When you open Bookmarks you land on the home dashboard, which shows:

| Section | What it shows | |---------|--------------| | Recent Bookmarks | The 8 most recently added bookmarks | | Favorites | Up to 6 starred bookmarks | | Top Folders | Up to 8 of your root-level folders | | Counters | Total bookmarks and total folders across all your circles |

From the dashboard you can jump straight into a folder, create a new bookmark, or navigate to the full lists.


Sidebar navigation

The left sidebar contains your folder tree. Root folders are shown at the top level; subfolders expand underneath them. The sidebar also shows shortcut links to Favorites and All Bookmarks. Click any folder to open its content — bookmarks and subfolders — in the main area.


Quick reference

| Feature | Where to find it | |---------|-----------------| | New bookmark | + New Bookmark button (top of any view) | | New folder | + New Folder button (sidebar or Folders view) | | All bookmarks (paginated, searchable) | Sidebar → All Bookmarks | | Favorites | Sidebar → Favorites | | All folders list | Sidebar → All Folders | | Import from JSON | Sidebar → folder menu → Import |


Next steps

  • Getting Started — save your first bookmark in under a minute.
  • Features — every feature explained in detail.
  • Navigation — how to move around the app efficiently.
  • Use Cases — practical examples for research, reading lists, and team libraries.
  • Tips & Tricks — habits and shortcuts to get the most out of Bookmarks.
  • Troubleshooting — solutions to common problems.