Linkwarden - Self-Hosted Bookmark Manager & Web Archive

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.

## Why This AMI Over a DIY Install or a Hosted Service?

Installing Linkwarden from source means provisioning a database, configuring a reverse proxy, setting up Playwright and monolith, generating secrets, and tuning storage - easily an afternoon of work for an experienced engineer. This AMI eliminates that entirely. Launch an EC2 instance and you have a fully configured bookmarking and archiving platform running in minutes, not hours. Unlike hosted bookmark services, your data stays in your own VPC under your control, with no third-party access and no vendor lock-in.

## What Is Linkwarden?

Linkwarden is the popular open-source, self-hosted bookmark manager and web archive. Collect links into collections, organise them with tags, and search across everything full-text. For every saved link, Linkwarden automatically preserves four archive formats - a screenshot, a PDF, a single-file HTML copy, and a readable text snapshot - so the content survives even when the original page changes or disappears. The current release available is Linkwarden 2.14.

## Application Stack

Linkwarden runs on Node.js 22 with a local PostgreSQL 16 database. The Next.js web application is served on port 3000 behind an nginx reverse proxy on port 80, and a background worker performs page archiving using Playwright Chromium for screenshots and PDFs and the monolith engine for full-page HTML capture.

## Secure by Default

On the first boot of your instance a one-shot service generates a fresh authentication secret and a fresh PostgreSQL password, seeds a single administrator account unique to that instance, and disables open self-registration. The credentials are written to a root-only file. No shared or default credentials ship in the image - unlike many community AMIs that rely on published passwords.

## Ready to Use

The Linkwarden application, web server, database, and archiving engine are all configured, with the database and archived files on dedicated, independently resizable storage volumes. Browse to the instance address, sign in as the administrator, and start adding collections, saving links, and building your personal web archive.

## Use Cases

• Research teams preserving cited sources: A 10-person research group can archive every web source cited across a multi-year grant, ensuring references remain accessible even if original pages are taken down.
• Legal and compliance archiving: A legal team archiving opposing-counsel web pages or regulatory notices for litigation holds, with four durable formats per page providing evidence-grade fidelity.
• Private read-it-later and knowledge base: Individual engineers or small DevOps teams curating a searchable library of technical references, runbooks, and vendor documentation inside their own VPC.

## cloudimg Support

24/7 technical support by email and live chat. Our engineers help with Linkwarden deployment, upgrades, archiving configuration, object storage integration, search tuning, TLS termination, and PostgreSQL administration. Critical issues receive a one-hour average response time.

## Getting Started

Subscribe to this listing, launch an instance, and browse to its public address. Retrieve your generated admin credentials from the root-only file and sign in. You are archiving your first link within minutes of the instance reaching a running state.

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