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What's new

New features in Bookmark Minder, newest first. How to use each one is in the docs.

  1. Page titles fill in without sending us the link

    With Privacy Mode on, the iOS and Android apps now fetch a shared page's title on your phone. In the web app, the browser extension fetches the title on your computer when you leave the URL field. Neither sends the link to us or uses your cookies. Without the extension, Fetch the page title still works as before.

    • Web
    • Browser extension
    • iOS
    • Android

  2. A heads-up when you save a link twice

    Adding a link that's already in your library now shows the saved copy's title and collection, and Save still adds it again if you want two. View it opens the saved copy (not yet from the iOS share sheet). Tracking tags like utm_source, a trailing slash or a #section don't make a link count as new. The check runs on your device, Privacy Mode included.

    • Web
    • Browser extension
    • iOS
    • Android

  3. Start page search opens bookmarks, and short widgets fill the gaps

    Typing in the Start page search box now lists matching bookmarks; click one or press Enter to open it. Widgets are placed by height, so a short widget sits under another short one instead of starting a new row. Changing a widget's Items to show, title or sort order now saves when you also change its appearance.

    • Web

  4. Your Start page layout is encrypted in Privacy Mode

    With Privacy Mode on, your Start page widgets, feed addresses, collections and widget settings are encrypted with your account key before they're saved. A layout saved earlier is encrypted the next time you open the Start page while unlocked. Turning Privacy Mode off stores it unencrypted again.

    • Web

  5. Page titles are fetched only when you ask

    With Privacy Mode on, the Add bookmark dialog no longer sends the link to our server to look up its title. Click Fetch the page title if you want it, knowing the link is sent unencrypted. The iOS and Android apps already worked this way.

    • Web

  6. A warning for details stored without encryption

    In a Privacy Mode library, a bookmark with a detail that wasn't encrypted is now shown with an "Unverified: stored without encryption" warning instead of being hidden. Open it, check it and save it to encrypt it again. The iOS and Android apps already show this warning.

    • Web

  7. Accented passphrases unlock the same way everywhere

    The web app now treats an accented letter in your vault passphrase the same whether your keyboard sends it as one character or as a letter plus an accent, like the extension and the iOS and Android apps.

    • Web

  8. The Chrome extension asks for less

    Installing the Chrome extension no longer asks to read every website or your browsing activity. It asks for your bookmarks and for Bookmark Minder's own server. Website and history access are requested only when you click Fill in missing favicons, and you can decline.

    • Browser extension

  9. Finish a Privacy Mode change that stopped partway

    If encrypting your library or turning Privacy Mode off stops partway, every app now shows how many bookmarks and collection names are left, with a link to finish. Finishing picks up only what is left, pauses if the vault locks, and runs in one tab at a time.

    • Web
    • Browser extension
    • iOS
    • Android

  10. Create, rename and move collections in the extension

    The extension has a new Collections tab for making a collection, renaming one, or moving it inside another. With Privacy Mode on, names are encrypted before they leave the browser. With family sharing on, the Account tab links to your Family settings on the web.

    • Browser extension

  11. JSON export in the extension, and one browser folder

    The extension's Sync tab can download your library as the same JSON file the web app makes, decrypted on your device when Privacy Mode is on. Export to browser bookmarks now keeps a single Bookmark Minder folder, with a sub-folder for each collection, and replaces it on each export instead of adding a new dated folder.

    • Browser extension

  12. Safer handling of odd data in the extension

    If an encrypted bookmark holds a value that was stored without encryption, extension search shows it with an Unverified warning. When the extension can't confirm your Privacy Mode status, it switches to read-only and pauses saving until it can. A passphrase typed with a different Unicode form of the same accented letters now unlocks too.

    • Browser extension

  13. Text size and a starting view on the web

    Appearance now has a text size setting (System, Medium, Large or Extra Large), and in the library you can choose what the app opens on: all bookmarks, Favorites, To read, a collection or a tag. Both are saved in this browser, as they are on iOS and Android.

    • Web

  14. Give each widget its own look

    Add an emoji, a site icon or a small image next to a widget's title, pick a header colour, and choose a border, background tint, compact spacing or square corners. Open a widget's Edit dialog and look under Appearance.

    • Web

  15. Turn off the Privacy Mode reminder

    If you've decided not to use Privacy Mode, choose Don't remind me on the banner. The choice follows your account to every device, and you can turn the reminder back on in Settings, Privacy.

    • Web

  16. The extension stays unlocked when you ask it to

    Choose how long to keep the browser unlocked right in the extension's unlock form. Pick Never and it stays unlocked through browser restarts until you click Lock now or another account signs in.

    • Browser extension

  17. Site icons for encrypted bookmarks

    Fill in missing favicons now works with Privacy Mode on, and the icon is encrypted with the bookmark. In Chrome the extension takes the icon from the browser's own cache, so our server never learns which site it belongs to.

    • Web
    • Browser extension

  18. A roomier Start page

    The Start page header is smaller and the greeting line is gone, so search sits right at the top. Widgets now spread across the full width of wide screens, up to six columns.

    • Web

  19. Move and nest collections

    Put a collection inside another one with Move to… in the collection menu, or drag it onto another collection in the sidebar. Drop it on Move to top level to take it back out. Collections can nest up to ten levels deep.

    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android

  20. Import into an encrypted library

    With Privacy Mode on, imports are encrypted on your device before they are uploaded. Browser folders become collections, and bookmarks you already have are skipped.

    • Web
    • Browser extension
    • iOS

  21. Import a pasted list of URLs

    Paste a list of links instead of uploading a file. One URL per line works, and so do Markdown links and "Title - URL" lines. Duplicates and anything that isn't an http or https link are left out.

    • Web
    • Browser extension
    • iOS

  22. Choose how long your vault stays unlocked

    Pick when the vault locks: every time, after 1 hour up to 30 days of inactivity, or never until you sign out. The default is 7 days. You can also set a PIN for quick unlocks; five wrong PINs turn PIN unlock off.

    • Web
    • Browser extension
    • iOS

  23. Unlock the web app with the extension

    If the browser extension is already unlocked, the web app can borrow its key. Click Unlock with extension, then approve the request in the extension window.

    • Web
    • Browser extension

  24. Export encrypted bookmarks to your browser

    Export to browser bookmarks in the extension now decrypts your Privacy Mode bookmarks on your device first, so they land in the browser with readable titles and links.

    • Browser extension

  25. iPhone, iPad and Android apps (in testing)

    Native apps that open your library and unlock your vault on the device. Save from the share sheet and browse, edit and organize collections. On iPhone and iPad you can also import and export your library. Both apps are in testing and not in the app stores yet.

    • iOS
    • Android

  26. A new extension popup

    The browser extension has four tabs: Save the current page, Search your library, Sync with your browser's bookmarks, and Account. You can unlock your vault right in the popup.

    • Browser extension

  27. Unlock your vault with a passkey

    Turn on Device unlock in Settings → Security and unlock your vault with a passkey tap instead of typing your passphrase. It needs a browser and passkey that support the WebAuthn PRF extension.

    • Web

  28. Accent colors and accessible color schemes

    Choose an accent color (indigo, blue, teal, green, rose or amber) and a color scheme: Standard, High contrast or Beacon for low vision. Light, dark and system modes work with all of them.

    • Web

  29. Start page widgets

    Build a Start page from widgets: Search, Recent, Favorites, a tag, a collection, or an RSS feed. Click Edit to add, drag, resize or remove widgets, and sort bookmark widgets newest, oldest, alphabetically or by hand.

    • Web

  30. Find duplicate bookmarks

    Settings → Data lists bookmarks you saved more than once so you can keep one and remove the rest.

    • Web

  31. Fill in missing site icons

    Settings → Account → Refresh missing favicons finds bookmarks without an icon and fetches one. Icons load through our own favicon service, never straight from the site.

    • Web

  32. Privacy Mode: end-to-end encryption

    Your bookmark links, titles, notes, tags and collection names are encrypted in your browser with a key made from your vault passphrase. We store only the encrypted text. A 24-word recovery kit gets you back in if you forget the passphrase.

    • Web
    • Browser extension
    • iOS
    • Android

  33. Command palette and shortcuts

    Press ⌘K, Ctrl+K or / to jump to any collection, bookmark or setting. Press N to add a bookmark.

    • Web

  34. Sign in with a passkey

    Sign in with Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello or a security key instead of waiting for an email link.

    • Web