Compendro vs Karakeep
Compendro is a Karakeep alternative for people who save more than they read: a read-later app that adds an AI summary to each saved article, video and podcast and brings a selection back to you in a Digest newsletter. Karakeep, formerly Hoarder, is an open-source bookmark app with AI tagging that you can run on your own server or use in the cloud.
Last reviewed October 2026
Built for people who save a lot and rarely get back to it.
Why Compendro
Saving is easy in any read-later app. Compendro adds the part that comes after.
Your saves come back to you
A short digest brings back a selection of what you saved, each with an AI summary. You choose when and how often it arrives.
Decide in seconds
Every save gets an AI summary, tags and a category, so you can tell what to read, watch or drop without opening it.
Videos and podcasts too
Compendro creates a transcript for videos and podcasts up to 2 hours long, then writes the summary from it.
Got ten minutes? Finish something
Quick Pick suggests saves that take about the time you have, one card at a time.
If you want a Karakeep alternative because your bookmarks pile up and you rarely open them again, Compendro works on that second step. Karakeep is built to keep everything: links, notes, images and PDFs, archived as full pages, tagged by AI and easy to search, on your own server if you like. Compendro is built to get you through what you save. A Digest newsletter brings a selection of your saves back to you as often as you choose, and Quick Pick suggests saves for a ten-minute break. If you want a self-hosted archive of everything, stay with Karakeep. If you want to finish more of what you save, try Compendro.
Compendro vs Karakeep at a glance
| Feature | Compendro | Karakeep |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Helping you finish what you save | Keeping everything you bookmark, archived and easy to find |
| How saves come back to you | A Digest newsletter brings a selection of your saves back to you, as often as you choose: daily, every few days, weekly, every two weeks or monthly | You go back to them yourself, with search, tags and lists |
| A ten-minute break | Quick Pick: say you have ten minutes, and it suggests saves that take about that long, one card at a time | No feature for this listed on karakeep.app |
| AI features | AI summary, tags and a category for every save, plus transcripts of videos and podcasts up to 2 hours long | AI tagging and AI summaries; self-hosted setups can use local models through Ollama |
| What you save | Articles, videos, podcasts and other web pages | Links, notes, images and PDFs, with full-page archives against link rot |
| Saving | One tap from the extension for Chrome, Firefox or Safari on Mac, or the share sheet on iOS and Android | Extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Safari, the iOS and Android apps, a CLI and a REST API |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android and browser extensions, kept in sync | Web, iOS, Android and browser extensions; self-host with Docker or use the Karakeep cloud service |
| Finding a save again | Search across titles, summaries, article text and transcripts, in the queue and the archive | Full-text, keyword and semantic search, with OCR for text in images |
| Price | €8.99 / month or €59 / year | Cloud: free for 50 bookmarks, Pro $4 per month or $40 per year; self-hosting is free |
| Try it risk-free | 14-day money-back guarantee on both plans | Free cloud plan for 50 bookmarks, or self-host for free |
| Company | Emeldron, a company based in Spain | Localhost Labs Ltd; the app is open source |
Want your saves to come back to you?
Compendro sends you a short AI digest of what you saved, as often as you choose. Every plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Choose Compendro if
- You save more than you read and want your saves to come back to you
- You want a Digest newsletter with a selection of your saves, as often as you choose
- You save videos and podcasts and want a transcript and an AI summary for each
- You want Quick Pick to suggest something you can finish in a ten-minute break
- You would rather use a ready-made app than run a server, on a monthly or yearly plan
Choose Karakeep if
- You want to run your bookmark app on your own server with Docker
- You save links, notes, images and PDFs and want full-page archives against link rot
- You want open-source software with a REST API, a CLI and automation rules
- You want to share lists with other people as editors or viewers
- You want a free self-hosted setup or a low-cost cloud plan
Frequently asked questions
Is Compendro a Karakeep alternative?
Yes, if you use Karakeep as a read-later list and rarely get back to what you save. Compendro brings a selection of your saves back to you in a Digest newsletter and helps you finish one in a short break with Quick Pick. If you use Karakeep as a self-hosted archive of everything you bookmark, that is a different job, and Karakeep does it well.
Is there a Karakeep alternative with AI summaries?
Karakeep itself offers AI tagging and AI summaries. Compendro also writes an AI summary and adds tags and a category to every save, and for videos and podcasts up to 2 hours long it creates a transcript first. Compendro then brings a selection of your saves back to you in a Digest newsletter.
How much does Compendro cost compared with Karakeep?
Karakeep costs less: it is free to self-host, and its Pro cloud plan costs $4 per month or $40 per year. Compendro is €8.99 per month or €59 per year, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. The two apps are for different people: Karakeep is an archive of everything you bookmark, on your own server if you like, while Compendro is for people who save a lot of articles, videos and podcasts and want summaries, a digest and Quick Pick to get back to them.
Can I self-host Compendro?
No. Compendro is a hosted service from Emeldron that you use on the web, on iOS and Android, and through extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Safari on Mac. If running the app on your own server matters most to you, Karakeep is the better choice.
Can I move my Karakeep bookmarks to Compendro?
Compendro does not currently offer a bulk import, so you start with a fresh queue and save new things as you find them. You can keep Karakeep as your archive.
Is Karakeep the same app as Hoarder?
Yes. Karakeep was previously called Hoarder, as its documentation states. It is an open-source bookmark app with AI tagging that you can self-host or use in the cloud.
Get back to what you saved
Compendro is €8.99 per month or €59 per year. Both plans have a 14-day money-back guarantee.
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