Buku

Manage bookmarks using buku CLI. Use when: adding/saving URLs, searching bookmarks, listing/browsing saved links, tagging bookmarks, importing/exporting book...

buku — Bookmark Manager

CLI bookmark manager with SQLite backend. Always use --nostdin and --np flags to prevent interactive prompts.

Common Operations

Add bookmark

buku --nostdin -a "URL" --tag tag1,tag2 --title "Title" -c "Description"

Omit --title to auto-fetch from web. Use --offline to skip fetching.

Search

# Any keyword
buku --nostdin --np -s keyword1 keyword2

# All keywords
buku --nostdin --np -S keyword1 keyword2

# By tag (ANY match with comma, ALL match with +)
buku --nostdin --np -t tag1,tag2
buku --nostdin --np -t tag1+tag2

# Regex
buku --nostdin --np -r "pattern"

# Deep search (substring matching)
buku --nostdin --np -s keyword --deep

List/Print

# Last N bookmarks
buku --nostdin --np -p -5

# All bookmarks
buku --nostdin --np -p

# Specific index
buku --nostdin --np -p 42

# JSON output (preferred for parsing)
buku --nostdin --np -p -j

# Limit fields: 1=URL, 2=URL+tag, 3=title, 4=URL+title+tag, 5=title+tag
buku --nostdin --np -p -f 4

List all tags

buku --nostdin --np -t

Update bookmark

# Update fields at index
buku --nostdin -u INDEX --url "NEW_URL" --title "New Title" --tag tag1,tag2

# Append tags
buku --nostdin -u INDEX --tag + newtag1,newtag2

# Remove tags
buku --nostdin -u INDEX --tag - oldtag

# Refresh title/description from web
buku --nostdin -u INDEX

Delete

# By index (use --tacit to skip confirmation)
buku --nostdin --tacit -d INDEX

# Range
buku --nostdin --tacit -d 10-20

Import/Export

# Import from browser
buku --nostdin --ai

# Import from file (.html, .md, .json, .org, .db)
buku --nostdin -i bookmarks.html

# Export to markdown
buku --nostdin -e bookmarks.md

# Export search results
buku --nostdin -s keyword -e results.md

Tag management

# Replace tag everywhere
buku --nostdin --replace oldtag newtag

# Delete tag everywhere
buku --nostdin --replace oldtag

Important Notes

• Always use --nostdin as first arg to prevent waiting for input
• Always use --np for search/print to skip interactive prompt
• Use --tacit for delete operations to skip confirmation
• Use -j for JSON output when parsing results programmatically
• DB location: ~/.local/share/buku/bookmarks.db