Bookmarks
Your browsers' bookmarks and a JSON file of your own links, searched by name, folder and keyword.
palv0.2.0Productivitybundled
Ships inside pal. Installing puts an editable copy ahead of the bundled one.
What it does
Bookmarks
Hand-picked links from a JSON file and your browsers' bookmarks, in one
indexed palette. Enter opens the link in the default browser; ⌘C copies
it. Every source is read on every listing (⌘R), so an edit in the
browser or the file shows at once. A url two sources have is listed once,
the first wins: the file's rows come first, then each browser in the
browsers setting's order.
The file's rows show subtitle (the url when absent), an icon (a glyph,
emoji or hex colour; a row with a url and no icon gets the site's favicon)
and match their keywords. Browser rows sit in a section per browser and
profile (Chrome, Chrome (Work), Safari, Firefox), carry the folder
path as an accessory (Bookmarks Bar / Dev) and as keywords, and get the
site's favicon.
Sources
| source | what is read |
|---|---|
| the file | ~/.config/pal/data/bookmarks.json (the file setting): a JSON array of { name, url, subtitle?, icon?, keywords? } |
| Chrome, Brave, Edge, Chromium, Vivaldi, Arc | every profile's Bookmarks JSON; the profile name from Local State when there is more than one |
| Safari | ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist, through plutil -convert xml1; the Reading List is left out |
| Firefox | every profile's places.sqlite, copied first because the running browser holds it locked; tags and place: queries left out |
[
{ "name": "Home Assistant", "url": "http://ha.lan", "keywords": ["ha", "home"] },
{ "name": "GitHub", "url": "https://github.com", "icon": "🐙" }
]
Keyboard
| keys | action |
|---|---|
enter |
Open in browser: the system's default |
cmd+c |
Copy link |
cmd+shift+c |
Copy as markdown: [name](url) |
| (action panel) | Open in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, ...: on a browser's row, the browser it came from (open -a on macOS, the browser's binary on Linux) |
cmd+r |
Read every source again |
Setup
Nothing to install. A browser with no profile on the machine lists nothing. Safari's file is behind Full Disk Access on macOS: without it the Safari section is one inert row saying so (System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access, add pal); the other browsers still list.
Settings, [extensions.bookmarks]:
| key | type | default | what |
|---|---|---|---|
file |
path | ~/.config/pal/data/bookmarks.json |
The bookmarks file. ~ is expanded. |
browsers |
list | ["chrome", "brave", "edge", "chromium", "vivaldi", "arc", "safari", "firefox"] |
Whose bookmarks to list, in order. [] is the file alone. |
exclude_folders |
list | [] |
Bookmark folders skipped, by name (Archive) or a short path (Bookmarks Bar/Old), case-insensitive. |
What it does not do
- Add, edit or delete a bookmark: the file is edited by hand, the browsers' bookmarks in the browser. The Quicklinks palette is the one edited in the panel.
- Safari's Reading List, Firefox's tags and
place:smart folders. - Arc on Linux: it has no Linux build, so the entry has no profile root.
- Favicons for the file's rows come from the url; a row without a url is skipped.
Platforms
macOS and Linux. Safari (and Full Disk Access) is macOS only; the
Chromium browsers and Firefox are read from their platform's profile
roots (~/Library/Application Support/... or ~/.config/... and
~/.mozilla/firefox).
Palettes 1
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Bookmarks
bookmarkslistThe links in the file and the browsers, by name, folder and keyword.
- ↵Open in the browser
- ⌘CCopy the link
- ⌘⇧CCopy as markdown
Actions
- Open in browserThe system's default browser.↵
- Copy link⌘C
- Copy as markdown[name](url).⌘⇧C
- Open in Chrome, Safari, FirefoxOn a browser's row: the browser it came from.
Settings
Extension, [extensions.bookmarks]
fileA JSON array of {name, url, subtitle?, icon?, keywords?}; the url is opened or copied.
browsersWhose bookmarks to list, in order (the first wins a url two have): chrome, brave, edge, chromium, vivaldi, arc, safari, firefox. Empty lists the file alone.
exclude_foldersBookmark folders skipped, by name (`Archive`) or a short path (`Bookmarks Bar/Old`).
Defaults shown. Change them in pal's settings window or in the config file.