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Description:
Powerful command-line bookmark manager

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 5.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: bookmarks cli productivity terminal manager privacy

Install: brew install buku

About:
Buku is a powerful command-line bookmark manager that provides a minimalist interface for organizing and accessing URLs. It stores bookmarks in a SQLite database with robust tagging and search capabilities, supporting full-text search across titles and notes. The tool is designed for privacy-conscious users who prefer keyboard-driven workflows and terminal-based environments.

Key Features:

Offline-first SQLite database with import/export capabilities
Powerful tagging and search system with regex support
Built-in web server for browser integration
Password protection for sensitive bookmarks
Auto-import from browser history and existing bookmark files

Use Cases:

Managing research references and technical documentation links
Building a personal knowledge base of curated web resources
Quickly searching and accessing frequently visited URLs from terminal
Syncing bookmarks across machines with version control

Alternatives:

pass – Password manager that can store URLs but lacks bookmark-specific features
bookmark-cli – Simpler bookmark tool with fewer features and no tagging system
rainbowstream – Twitter client, not a bookmark manager but terminal-based productivity tool

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

Dependencies: certifi, cryptography, libyaml, python@3.14, rpds-py

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 9, 2025 10:55pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	e6dd39b3
Dec 5, 2025 10:22pm	4	VERSION_BUMP	288e6500
Dec 2, 2025 8:04pm	3	VERSION_BUMP	9fa484a9
Oct 27, 2025 11:45pm	2	VERSION_BUMP	e3953b1b
Oct 13, 2025 2:59am	2	VERSION_BUMP	6188c43b
Sep 12, 2025 4:31pm	2	VERSION_BUMP	bb6e5bc6
Dec 21, 2024 9:35pm	3	VERSION_BUMP	3f9289e4