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The best open source alternative to Pinterest is Karakeep. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Pinterest and 11 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Pinterest are Pinry, LinkAce, Allusion and Painterest.

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  1. Karakeep icon

    Karakeep

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    Self-hostable, open-source tool for organizing bookmarks, notes, and images with automatic AI tagging, full-text search, Chrome plugin, web dark mode, and iOS support planned. Fetches titles and descriptions, sorts by lists, and is designed for privacy-focused users.

    86 Karakeep alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • Karakeep is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Pinterest.

    • Karakeep is the most popular Open Source alternative to Pinterest.

    • Karakeep is Free and Open SourcePinterest is Free and Proprietary
    • Karakeep is Privacy focusedPinterest is not according to our users
  2. Pinry icon

    Pinry

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    Pinry is a private, self-hosted, Pinterest inspired by Wookmark and built on top of Django.

    18 Pinry alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Pinry is an open-source alternative to Pinterest, written in Python with the Django Framework
     
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    Comments about Pinry as an Alternative to Pinterest
    John Fastman
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    4

    Pinry is a good Pinterest alternative. However, it is self-hosted, which means you will need to know how to configure the software to work on your own server. The advantage is that you then keep control of your data. Excellent project.

    illustietor
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    Self-hosted and Open Source alternative to Pinterest with a very similar user-experience.

    Guest
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    3

    It's explicitly made to be an alternative to pinterest.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Pinry is a great Pinterest alternative.

    • Pinry is Free and Open SourcePinterest is Free and Proprietary
  4. LinkAce icon

    LinkAce

     35 likes
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    LinkAce is meant to provide a long-term archive of links to websites, media files or anything else which has a valid URL. Store interesting articles, neat web tools or libraries you may use sometime in the future.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    LinkAce screenshot 1
     
  5. Allusion icon

    Allusion

     21 likes
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    Designed to complement PureRef, Allusion is a Visual Library for reference images, with watched folders, image tagging, and advanced search features. Allusion helps you organise your images and keep them under your control.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Painterest icon

    Painterest

     4 likes
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    Privacy-respecting, anonymous, NoJS-supporting Pinterest frontend. Based on disinterest.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Home page. Instance: https://pain.thirtysix.pw/
     
  10. Inout StickBoard icon

    Inout StickBoard

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    Pin and Board Style Image and Video Sharing Social Script or Inout StickBoard Script from Inout Scripts. The script lets you start a social networking website. Since the script is a ready-made script, with few installation steps a website will be up.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Pinterest clone from Inout Scripts.
     
  11. DashMachine icon

    DashMachine

     8 likes
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    Another web application bookmark dashboard, with fun features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Bookmark Sidebar icon

    Bookmark Sidebar

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    Bookmark Sidebar is an extension for Chrome, which adds a toggleable sidebar with all your bookmarks on the left or right side of your screen. You can sort, edit, delete or rearrange your bookmarks easily from within the sidebar.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
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  13. wishthis icon

    wishthis

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    wishthis is a simple, intuitive and modern wishlist platform to create, manage and view your wishes for any kind of occasion. wishthis respects your privacy and focuses on creating a good product for its users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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