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Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

59 points by johngreen 12y ago

fakenBisEsRult 12y ago
Now make this self-hosted and then I'm in.
- mosselman 12y ago
  I thought the same thing! I started looking for a self-hosted alternative straight away.
  - fakenBisEsRult 12y ago
    The closest thing you can get that is opensource is https://www.wallabag.org/ https://www.wallabag.org/ But it needs more work to be useful to me. For instance, I don't always want to save the contents of the webpage, but just the link along with some notes or tags.
    - warmbytes 12y ago
      For that case you may use a bookmark manager. For an open-source self-hosted one, check Shaarli : https://github.com/sebsauvage/Shaarli https://github.com/sebsauvage/Shaarli
      - toni 12y ago
        I have developed a much much simpler variation for myself which is actually nothing more than a personal clone from old school del.icio.us: http://i.imgur.com/7jnTyvC.png http://i.imgur.com/7jnTyvC.png I use it now for almost 5 years and have more than 10 thousands bookmarks in it. If there is any interest, I will put it up on Github.
        shock 12y ago
        Thanks, I'd love to take a look at it!
        toni 12y ago
        Great, I'll brush it up this weekend and will put it on Github. Do you have an email? How can i let you know?
        mosselman 12y ago
        Cool. Putting a link up here will help.
  - girvo 12y ago
    OwnCloud has a bookmarks app built in with a bookmarklet to save links, and it's all self hosted. I love it :)
    - mosselman 12y ago
      Good tip! I didn't think of looking there.
  - lfx 12y ago
    You may try to install blog (like wordpress or similar) in your on server. With some plugins and themes functionality may be replicated almost 100%.
adityar 12y ago
I loved clipboard and then it died. How long before you go away? Signed up anyway.
iaskwhy 12y ago
How is this going to make money?
- mosselman 12y ago
  By selling your information to third parties of course :). The business model for all applications like this.
superasn 12y ago
Why does chrome keep showing a "Translate this" button on pages (i'm on signup page). There is something which is making it think it is not in English. Just a heads-up!
- ishansharma 12y ago
  Plus, the Chrome extension displays hover text in Russian. http://www.evernote.com/shard/s27/sh/9510a5b2-4910-46c4-b52f-3b0a74e911c8/064352d973a83eb8050d42b55afb58f4 http://www.evernote.com/shard/s27/sh/9510a5b2-4910-46c4-b52f...
  - andrewl-hn 12y ago
    Raindrop outsources some of their development to Ukraine. Perhaps, someone left `<html lang="ru">` somewhere. Many IDEs and editors use system language inside their HTML templates by default. I think, WebStorm does it, maybe some others. In addition, many companies like Facebook offer localized versions of SDK downloads and Widget scripts. Thus, when a developer somewhere in China downloads the SDK and puts the <script> tags on their page, people from all over the world will see Facebook authentication dialog in Chinese. Localization can be tricky.
    - gk1 12y ago
      > "Raindrop outsources some of their development to Ukraine." What makes you say this? Their Twitter account is mostly in Russian, and its location listed as St. Petersburg (Russia).
- lbotos 12y ago
  My page had a "Русский" button in the corner so maybe that did it?
ishansharma 12y ago
I already use Pinboard and it works well for my needs. What differentiates this from Pinboard? And of course, how is it going to make money?
- feelthesun 12y ago
  I don't have pinboard, but i believe some of the differences are: It gives screenshots, It saves content for later and it's an official Opera extension (pinboard doesn't have an official one). Edit: Raindrop.io also let's you save the content of video. That's a pretty handy feature pinboard and dragdis don't have. I don't know of anyone else that has it.
chintan39 12y ago
Clean and Simple, I like it
wololo_ 12y ago
Exactly what I hate about pocket is fixed here
- mosselman 12y ago
  Could you expand on this? I use pocket for 'read this later'. Raindrop.io seems very well suited for bookmarks so far.
  - wololo_ 12y ago
    Pocket is limiting me on articles only.. (psychologically). I always wanted an app where I can save my links, for say images on the web, or videos with a description of the timestamp I have reached at. Maybe I want to keep bookmarks for later, but it's not worthy for it to be in my bookmarks bar in my browser and it's not an article (say at top 20 list to submit your startup written by a YC user).
    - resurge 12y ago
      https://delicious.com/ https://delicious.com/ ? They have an app (for android at least, not sure about iOS) with which you can share stuff to. So from your (mobile/desktop) browser you can store anything that has a url.
    - 14113 12y ago
      My personal issue with pocket is that there's no way to search by article tag, only by the content of the article.
tijs 12y ago
Is it Pinterest for men?
- deleted 12y ago
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nemasu 12y ago
It appears to be down for me.
n8m 12y ago
Ahw crap :( I was working on something similar. But this looks really good. Now they just have to get over that "hug of death" and pay for a bigger server. As for money generation- sooner or later you will probably see ads in certain areas unless you sign up for a premium plan.
- sillysaurus3 12y ago
  When Dropbox first launched, there were already 8 or so competitors.
  - n8m 12y ago
    Just had a chat with my designer and I think will continue. Maybe this is a good opportunity to learn.
    - chill1 12y ago
      Finding a competitor to a project you have yet to launch can be disheartening, for sure. But, take it this way.. You just got confirmation that there is a market for what you're building. Plus, you can see what they are doing wrong, and do those things right :)
- mgkimsal 12y ago
  Send a nightly or weekly recap of stuff you've bookmarked (possibly with an indicator of how many other people bookmarked the same items over the time period). Maybe even with a 'click here to organize/tag' link to help me manage things on a regular basis. I'd probably pay up to $10/year for something like that. I bookmark a lot, but then forget about things. A service that reminded me what I bookmarked would be great.
  - n8m 12y ago
    That is a very good suggestion!
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- unfunco 12y ago
  It's entirely possible that two or more people share the same name.
antr 12y ago
When I upload my html bookmark file, Raindrop shows all of the folders within the file, but when I click on import all I get told that I have no bookmarks. Something seems to be broken.
- joshstrange 12y ago
  I'm seeing this after uploading my bookmarks: >> We unfortunately have not finished processing your bookmarks uploaded earlier! Please wait more, we will notify you at the specified E-mail. [0] [0] https://www.dropbox.com/s/opk0jvuvjbssc8s/Screenshot%202014-04-18%2009.25.37.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/opk0jvuvjbssc8s/Screenshot%202014-...
  - joshstrange 12y ago
    Well 7 hours later and my imported bookmarks are still not done being processed. I bookmark often but I only have less that 1000 bookmarks total, I understand that they might be getting slammed with traffic ATM but I seeing how this could have been done all in JS I am a little annoyed that I can't try this out due to the delay.
yardie 12y ago
This is great! I've got 40 tabs open in firefox and my browser is straining under the pressure. A lot of them is research for work (servers, services, reviews). Some of it I don't care to bookmark. And some of it I'd like to read at home but have no way to get it there except emailing the link to myself.
- baby 12y ago
  I used dragdis and/or evernote before that. I'm gonna try this new thing but I'm scared it will be like the others and just become a place where I put things I'll never read. * I like it better than dragdis, you don't have to drag anything to save it! Which is a pain on a laptop. * It's too hidden and like other of its kind I might forget about it and never read what I put there.
  - pron 12y ago
    We're all web-hoarders.
  - mgkimsal 12y ago
    2 things I'd like to see in a bookmarking service. 1. Have it email me nightly or weekly recapping what I've bookmarked. 2. At some point (perhaps in the recap) show me if any of my friends have also bookmarked the same thing (perhaps from Facebook or g+ graph data). I could live without #2, and might want to opt-out - there are some things I bookmark I wouldn't want other people knowing about, but some things I wouldn't mind.
    - cpayne624 12y ago
      " Have it email me nightly or weekly recapping what I've bookmarked." Yes, yes, yes please.
  - malce 12y ago
    Dragdis is more about to keep you organised. With one Drag&drop you can collect anything you want and place it on the right place (you don't need to click save, then select the folder, etc.). For example Pocket is very great for "read it later" but it's hard to be organised there. Also, Dragdis will have integrations with Evernote, Pocket, Gdrive, Dropbox, Tumblr soon. So you will be able to Drag&drop your items directly to Evernote notebooks for example.
arvinsim 12y ago
Shame that they don't seem to have an Android app yet. I am just going to wait until they have until I consider it as a replacement for pocket.
- johngreen 12y ago
  We have fully functional mobile version! Android soon
  - joshstrange 12y ago
    I can't seem to login via your iOS app due to the fact that is in Russian and there is no option to login with google.
terminalcommand 12y ago
Unfortunately, the app on iOS works only in Russian. But other than that cool site! Ux is amazing, the images are sharp and the domain is solid.
- joshstrange 12y ago
  Yeah, I just downloaded the iOS app and while I was able to guess login/signup links the login link doesn't have an option for authenticating with google (Which is what I used to sign up).
filmgirlcw 12y ago
Ok, the "save articles from Mashable" line on the landing page made me smile. Flattery will get you everywhere. I'll try this out later today and probably try to write a review for the weekend (for Mashable, natch). My concern is similar to others - will this just become yet another place I don't look? I love Pinboard, I have Evernote and I've signed up for at least 10 other similar services (one that I noted I worried about containing to exist on an HN post on its announcement post...it died a year later), etc. But I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff.
- johngreen 12y ago
  Hi! I have plans to develop Raindrop into a big business. And soon it will be very tight integration with the browser (including custom page "New Tab"). Therefore, your bookmarks will always be on hand in a browser, or mobile device. I'll be insanely grateful if you make a note in Mashable! Rustem M.
jdc0589 12y ago
This looks cool, but as terrible as this is I kind of write things off as potential malware threats the INSTANT I start seeing russian references anywhere. The stigma is pretty bad (maybe just because I have friends that work with malware all day), but the intermixed russian-english mix is throwing some red flags, which I am sure are unwarranted.
kadabra9 12y ago
So far, I have to say I'm impressed. I've been searching for a bookmarks solution that I will actually use, to the point where I've played around with writing my own. But from what I've seen, the date sorting, tagging, organization..it all looks pretty slick. My only gripe is that I went to import my chrome bookmarks (which I have a lot of admiteddly) and they still are not visible from Raindrop after a few hours. I haven't received an email saying that the import was complete, and I don't want to rebuild my bookmark collection from scratch. Anyone else having a similar problem?
- kjagiello 12y ago
  Yep, same problem here!
  - johngreen 12y ago
    Need more time! :) Many many bookmarks uploaded to import today!
- johngreen 12y ago
  Hi its not a problem! I have big pending list to import, need more time to analize and download releated content to every link. Please be patient. When it done you will be emailed!
  - kadabra9 12y ago
    Good to know! Figured you guys were getting slammed today. Nice work though, app looks promising.
imthinhvu 12y ago
If only I could export my links, images, etc from Pocket and Pinterest. This would make the migration process easier--but in the mean time, I'm just going to stick with what I have for my sense of laziness.
chhuang 12y ago
How is Raindrop compared to kippt and icebergs.com?
alco 12y ago
So I've been using this service since this post on HN and I got a lot of "Link not recognized" bookmarks. I don't really understand the point of this. http://raindrop.io/collection/51838 http://raindrop.io/collection/51838

59 points by johngreen 12y ago

fakenBisEsRult 12y ago

Now make this self-hosted and then I'm in.

mosselman 12y ago
I thought the same thing! I started looking for a self-hosted alternative straight away.
- fakenBisEsRult 12y ago
  The closest thing you can get that is opensource is https://www.wallabag.org/ https://www.wallabag.org/ But it needs more work to be useful to me. For instance, I don't always want to save the contents of the webpage, but just the link along with some notes or tags.
  - warmbytes 12y ago
    For that case you may use a bookmark manager. For an open-source self-hosted one, check Shaarli : https://github.com/sebsauvage/Shaarli https://github.com/sebsauvage/Shaarli
    - toni 12y ago
      I have developed a much much simpler variation for myself which is actually nothing more than a personal clone from old school del.icio.us: http://i.imgur.com/7jnTyvC.png http://i.imgur.com/7jnTyvC.png I use it now for almost 5 years and have more than 10 thousands bookmarks in it. If there is any interest, I will put it up on Github.
      - shock 12y ago
        Thanks, I'd love to take a look at it!
        toni 12y ago
        Great, I'll brush it up this weekend and will put it on Github. Do you have an email? How can i let you know?
        mosselman 12y ago
        Cool. Putting a link up here will help.
- girvo 12y ago
  OwnCloud has a bookmarks app built in with a bookmarklet to save links, and it's all self hosted. I love it :)
  - mosselman 12y ago
    Good tip! I didn't think of looking there.
- lfx 12y ago
  You may try to install blog (like wordpress or similar) in your on server. With some plugins and themes functionality may be replicated almost 100%.

adityar 12y ago

I loved clipboard and then it died. How long before you go away? Signed up anyway.

iaskwhy 12y ago

How is this going to make money?

mosselman 12y ago
By selling your information to third parties of course :). The business model for all applications like this.

superasn 12y ago

Why does chrome keep showing a "Translate this" button on pages (i'm on signup page). There is something which is making it think it is not in English. Just a heads-up!

ishansharma 12y ago
Plus, the Chrome extension displays hover text in Russian. http://www.evernote.com/shard/s27/sh/9510a5b2-4910-46c4-b52f-3b0a74e911c8/064352d973a83eb8050d42b55afb58f4 http://www.evernote.com/shard/s27/sh/9510a5b2-4910-46c4-b52f...
- andrewl-hn 12y ago
  Raindrop outsources some of their development to Ukraine. Perhaps, someone left `<html lang="ru">` somewhere. Many IDEs and editors use system language inside their HTML templates by default. I think, WebStorm does it, maybe some others. In addition, many companies like Facebook offer localized versions of SDK downloads and Widget scripts. Thus, when a developer somewhere in China downloads the SDK and puts the <script> tags on their page, people from all over the world will see Facebook authentication dialog in Chinese. Localization can be tricky.
  - gk1 12y ago
    > "Raindrop outsources some of their development to Ukraine." What makes you say this? Their Twitter account is mostly in Russian, and its location listed as St. Petersburg (Russia).
lbotos 12y ago
My page had a "Русский" button in the corner so maybe that did it?

ishansharma 12y ago

I already use Pinboard and it works well for my needs. What differentiates this from Pinboard? And of course, how is it going to make money?

feelthesun 12y ago
I don't have pinboard, but i believe some of the differences are: It gives screenshots, It saves content for later and it's an official Opera extension (pinboard doesn't have an official one). Edit: Raindrop.io also let's you save the content of video. That's a pretty handy feature pinboard and dragdis don't have. I don't know of anyone else that has it.

chintan39 12y ago

Clean and Simple, I like it

wololo_ 12y ago

Exactly what I hate about pocket is fixed here

mosselman 12y ago
Could you expand on this? I use pocket for 'read this later'. Raindrop.io seems very well suited for bookmarks so far.
- wololo_ 12y ago
  Pocket is limiting me on articles only.. (psychologically). I always wanted an app where I can save my links, for say images on the web, or videos with a description of the timestamp I have reached at. Maybe I want to keep bookmarks for later, but it's not worthy for it to be in my bookmarks bar in my browser and it's not an article (say at top 20 list to submit your startup written by a YC user).
  - resurge 12y ago
    https://delicious.com/ https://delicious.com/ ? They have an app (for android at least, not sure about iOS) with which you can share stuff to. So from your (mobile/desktop) browser you can store anything that has a url.
  - 14113 12y ago
    My personal issue with pocket is that there's no way to search by article tag, only by the content of the article.

tijs 12y ago

Is it Pinterest for men?

deleted 12y ago
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nemasu 12y ago

It appears to be down for me.

n8m 12y ago

Ahw crap :( I was working on something similar. But this looks really good. Now they just have to get over that "hug of death" and pay for a bigger server. As for money generation- sooner or later you will probably see ads in certain areas unless you sign up for a premium plan.

sillysaurus3 12y ago
When Dropbox first launched, there were already 8 or so competitors.
- n8m 12y ago
  Just had a chat with my designer and I think will continue. Maybe this is a good opportunity to learn.
  - chill1 12y ago
    Finding a competitor to a project you have yet to launch can be disheartening, for sure. But, take it this way.. You just got confirmation that there is a market for what you're building. Plus, you can see what they are doing wrong, and do those things right :)
mgkimsal 12y ago
Send a nightly or weekly recap of stuff you've bookmarked (possibly with an indicator of how many other people bookmarked the same items over the time period). Maybe even with a 'click here to organize/tag' link to help me manage things on a regular basis. I'd probably pay up to $10/year for something like that. I bookmark a lot, but then forget about things. A service that reminded me what I bookmarked would be great.
- n8m 12y ago
  That is a very good suggestion!

deleted 12y ago

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unfunco 12y ago
It's entirely possible that two or more people share the same name.

antr 12y ago

When I upload my html bookmark file, Raindrop shows all of the folders within the file, but when I click on import all I get told that I have no bookmarks. Something seems to be broken.

joshstrange 12y ago
I'm seeing this after uploading my bookmarks: >> We unfortunately have not finished processing your bookmarks uploaded earlier! Please wait more, we will notify you at the specified E-mail. [0] [0] https://www.dropbox.com/s/opk0jvuvjbssc8s/Screenshot%202014-04-18%2009.25.37.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/opk0jvuvjbssc8s/Screenshot%202014-...
- joshstrange 12y ago
  Well 7 hours later and my imported bookmarks are still not done being processed. I bookmark often but I only have less that 1000 bookmarks total, I understand that they might be getting slammed with traffic ATM but I seeing how this could have been done all in JS I am a little annoyed that I can't try this out due to the delay.

yardie 12y ago

This is great! I've got 40 tabs open in firefox and my browser is straining under the pressure. A lot of them is research for work (servers, services, reviews). Some of it I don't care to bookmark. And some of it I'd like to read at home but have no way to get it there except emailing the link to myself.

baby 12y ago
I used dragdis and/or evernote before that. I'm gonna try this new thing but I'm scared it will be like the others and just become a place where I put things I'll never read. * I like it better than dragdis, you don't have to drag anything to save it! Which is a pain on a laptop. * It's too hidden and like other of its kind I might forget about it and never read what I put there.
- pron 12y ago
  We're all web-hoarders.
- mgkimsal 12y ago
  2 things I'd like to see in a bookmarking service. 1. Have it email me nightly or weekly recapping what I've bookmarked. 2. At some point (perhaps in the recap) show me if any of my friends have also bookmarked the same thing (perhaps from Facebook or g+ graph data). I could live without #2, and might want to opt-out - there are some things I bookmark I wouldn't want other people knowing about, but some things I wouldn't mind.
  - cpayne624 12y ago
    " Have it email me nightly or weekly recapping what I've bookmarked." Yes, yes, yes please.
- malce 12y ago
  Dragdis is more about to keep you organised. With one Drag&drop you can collect anything you want and place it on the right place (you don't need to click save, then select the folder, etc.). For example Pocket is very great for "read it later" but it's hard to be organised there. Also, Dragdis will have integrations with Evernote, Pocket, Gdrive, Dropbox, Tumblr soon. So you will be able to Drag&drop your items directly to Evernote notebooks for example.

arvinsim 12y ago

Shame that they don't seem to have an Android app yet. I am just going to wait until they have until I consider it as a replacement for pocket.

johngreen 12y ago
We have fully functional mobile version! Android soon
- joshstrange 12y ago
  I can't seem to login via your iOS app due to the fact that is in Russian and there is no option to login with google.

terminalcommand 12y ago

Unfortunately, the app on iOS works only in Russian. But other than that cool site! Ux is amazing, the images are sharp and the domain is solid.

joshstrange 12y ago
Yeah, I just downloaded the iOS app and while I was able to guess login/signup links the login link doesn't have an option for authenticating with google (Which is what I used to sign up).

filmgirlcw 12y ago

Ok, the "save articles from Mashable" line on the landing page made me smile. Flattery will get you everywhere. I'll try this out later today and probably try to write a review for the weekend (for Mashable, natch). My concern is similar to others - will this just become yet another place I don't look? I love Pinboard, I have Evernote and I've signed up for at least 10 other similar services (one that I noted I worried about containing to exist on an HN post on its announcement post...it died a year later), etc. But I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff.

johngreen 12y ago
Hi! I have plans to develop Raindrop into a big business. And soon it will be very tight integration with the browser (including custom page "New Tab"). Therefore, your bookmarks will always be on hand in a browser, or mobile device. I'll be insanely grateful if you make a note in Mashable! Rustem M.

jdc0589 12y ago

This looks cool, but as terrible as this is I kind of write things off as potential malware threats the INSTANT I start seeing russian references anywhere. The stigma is pretty bad (maybe just because I have friends that work with malware all day), but the intermixed russian-english mix is throwing some red flags, which I am sure are unwarranted.

kadabra9 12y ago

So far, I have to say I'm impressed. I've been searching for a bookmarks solution that I will actually use, to the point where I've played around with writing my own. But from what I've seen, the date sorting, tagging, organization..it all looks pretty slick. My only gripe is that I went to import my chrome bookmarks (which I have a lot of admiteddly) and they still are not visible from Raindrop after a few hours. I haven't received an email saying that the import was complete, and I don't want to rebuild my bookmark collection from scratch. Anyone else having a similar problem?

kjagiello 12y ago
Yep, same problem here!
- johngreen 12y ago
  Need more time! :) Many many bookmarks uploaded to import today!
johngreen 12y ago
Hi its not a problem! I have big pending list to import, need more time to analize and download releated content to every link. Please be patient. When it done you will be emailed!
- kadabra9 12y ago
  Good to know! Figured you guys were getting slammed today. Nice work though, app looks promising.

imthinhvu 12y ago

If only I could export my links, images, etc from Pocket and Pinterest. This would make the migration process easier--but in the mean time, I'm just going to stick with what I have for my sense of laziness.

chhuang 12y ago

How is Raindrop compared to kippt and icebergs.com?

alco 12y ago

So I've been using this service since this post on HN and I got a lot of "Link not recognized" bookmarks. I don't really understand the point of this. http://raindrop.io/collection/51838 http://raindrop.io/collection/51838