Ribbon - a linkding client
Your self-hosted bookmarks
£2.99
Ribbon is a native iPhone and iPad app for Linkding, the fast, self-hosted bookmark manager. Browse, search, and save your bookmarks from anywhere — your data stays on your server, always.
Features
- Browse your bookmarks with filter pills: All, Unread, Untagged, and Archived
- Search across active and archived bookmarks simultaneously
- Add bookmarks with automatic title and description prefill
- Save from Safari or any app with the share extension
- Clipboard detection — Ribbon offers to use a URL you already copied
- Organize with tags and smart Bundles
- Archive, edit, and delete with swipe actions or press-and-hold menus
- Bulk actions — archive, delete, tag, or mark multiple bookmarks at once
- Secure credential storage in the iOS Keychain
Requirements
Ribbon requires a running Linkding instance. Linkding is a free, open-source bookmark manager you self-host on your own server or NAS. Visit linkding.link to get started.
Your Linkding API token can be found under Settings → API Access in your Linkding instance.
more FEATURE: Quick Save to Ribbon saves a link from the share sheet in one tap, with no form to fill in.
IMPROVEMED: Siri and Shortcuts saves follow your "Shared by default" setting.
FIXED: Siri and Shortcuts saves made offline no longer reset a bookmark's read or shared state when they upload.
FIXED: certain tag combinations could wrap into the line dividing bookmarks in list views.
1.7.0 12 hr ago
IMPROVED: support queuing links to save while offline.
1.6.5 3 days ago
IMPROVED: On iOS 27, Settings moves into the overflow menu before Add when the Bookmarks or Bundles toolbar runs out of space.
IMPROVED: Error and delete-tag alerts use the iOS 27 presentation style.
FIXED: Cached favicons and preview images no longer flash a placeholder before appearing.
1.6.4 15 Sept
FIXED: server errors when bulk adding and removing tags from bookmarks.
1.6.3 8 Sept
FIXED: case where bookmark select state could persist when an action was performed on only some bookmarks in the list.
1.6.2 5 Sept
IMPROVED: add support for tag suggestions in dedicated add tag view
1.6.1 1 Sept
FEATURE: Sort your bookmarks by newest, oldest, recently updated, or title. The sort button sits next to the filter, and your choice is remembered between launches. (The recently-updated sorts need Linkding 1.46 or newer.)
FEATURE: Delete a tag by swiping or long-pressing it in the Tags tab. It comes off every bookmark that uses it, so Ribbon asks you to confirm first. Needs Linkding 1.46 or newer.
FEATURE: Bundles can filter by read and shared state, and bundle rows show those filters alongside their tags and search terms. Needs Linkding 1.46 or newer.
IMPROVED: The Unread filter now covers your whole library instead of just your most recent bookmarks, and loads more as you scroll.
1.6.0 9 Aug
FIXED: bugs when executing bulk actions on a list of bookmarks.
1.5.3 1 Aug
FIXED: bug where tag suggestions would not show in the app's share sheet extension.
1.5.2 28 Jul
FIXED: The filter and sort controls can be dragged across, not just tapped, and no longer flicker when you switch between sections.
IMPROVED: Screen titles line up consistently across Bookmarks, Tags, and Bundles.
1.5.1 28 Jul
FEATURE: Save bookmarks with Siri and Shortcuts. Ask Siri to "save this to Ribbon," add a Save Bookmark step to any shortcut, or assign it to the Action Button. Saving a URL you've already bookmarked keeps the title, notes, and tags you'd added.
IMPROVED: Text scales with your Dynamic Type setting throughout the app.
IMPROVED: VoiceOver describes every button and status icon, and tab bar items are labeled.
IMPROVED: Tags wrap onto multiple lines instead of scrolling off the edge of a row.
IMPROVED: Filter and sort controls stay put while you scroll.
IMPROVED: Bulk actions are faster, and returning to Ribbon no longer reloads your whole library when nothing has changed.
IMPROVED: Link previews are no longer cropped to a square.
FIXED: Bulk tag changes no longer overwrite edits made elsewhere.
FIXED: Notes are no longer erased when the share sheet saves a URL you'd already bookmarked.
FIXED: Editing a bundle no longer moves it in your bundle list.
FIXED: Visual glitches when opening the bulk actions menu.
1.5.0 28 Jul
FEATURE: View archived page snapshots in-app
FIXED: Bulk actions now apply in controlled batches
1.4.0 17 Jul
IMPROVED: Bookmark lists and forms load more smoothly with less scrolling stutter.
IMPROVED: Faster tag list, especially while searching a large collection.
IMPROVED: Spotlight indexing is gentler on battery and your server.
FIXED: Search no longer gets stuck on a spinner when you clear or change your query mid-search.
FIXED: Switching bookmark filters no longer flashes an empty list before your bookmarks appear.
FIXED: Bookmarks no longer show up duplicated or out of order when you pull to refresh a bundle or tag while it's still loading.
FIXED: Editing a bookmark no longer overwrites your empty fields with scraped page data or wrongly shows "Already saved."
FIXED: The bookmark detail view now updates right away after you edit it.
FIXED: Bundles and searches containing "+" or special characters now return the correct results.
FIXED: The share sheet now prefers the real page title and reliably finds a link even when the source app also shares a file.
FIXED: Sharing a link with extra spaces or line breaks now saves correctly.
FIXED: You'll now see an error message if a bundle can't be deleted.
1.3.6 9 Jul
IMPROVED: a number of small issues have been fixed and cleaned up
1.3.5 18 May
FIX: issue where certain combinations of valid filters would fail to load bookmarks in bundles
1.3.4 6 May
FEATURE: New "Saving" section in Settings to set default values for the Unread and Shared toggles when adding bookmarks
IMPROVED: The Shared toggle in the add and edit forms is now hidden when your Linkding server has sharing disabled
IMPROVED: The share extension respects your Unread and Shared defaults from Settings
FIXED: Bug where user could not exit edit mode on iPad when entering multitasking mode and returning to the app
1.3.3 26 Apr
IMPROVED: layout and navigation behavior when resized on iPad
FIXED: a number of iPad navigation bugs
FIXED: issue where unhelpful error could be displayed to users when loading was interrupted
FIXED: bug where editing bookmarks could freeze on iPad
FIXED: animation where title would briefly enlarge when changing orientation on iPad
1.3.2 25 Apr
FIX: crash when using two finger swipe gesture on link lists
IMPROVED: share sheet extension availability
1.3.1 25 Apr
FEAT: native iPad layout with sidebar navigation and persistent detail panel
IMPROVED: the share extension now supports a broader selection of apps
IMPROVED: select links with a two finger drag gesture
IMPROVED: added a combined mark read and archive action to long press and bulk actions
FIXED: issue preventing additional bookmarks from loading in bundle view
FIXED: issue where share extension would not render with the accent color matching the app
1.3.0 25 Apr
FIX: corrects issue where taps on link items in the tags view were ignored if not set to open links in settings
FIX: tag view could get into a bad state when offline
1.2.4 23 Apr
FIXED: Share extension tag chips reverted to system blue in dark mode after switching apps
FIXED: Share extension tag chips displayed system blue instead of the app accent color
IMPROVED: Tag chips in the share extension now include the tag icon, matching the add/edit bookmark view in the app
IMPROVED: Attempting to add a duplicate tag now shows a warning instead of silently doing nothing
FIXED: "Tag already added" warning no longer creates a visual separator artifact in the form
1.2.3 20 Apr
IMPROVED: Title and description are now automatically prefilled when adding a new bookmark, using metadata scraped by your Linkding instance.
IMPROVED: Adding a bookmark now shows an "Already saved" indicator below the URL field if the link is already in your Linkding instance.
IMPROVED: The save button in add and edit forms now shows a loading indicator while saving, consistent with the share extension.
IMPROVED: Preview images are now always shown when available, and appear on the trailing side of bookmark rows.
IMPROVED: New bookmarks are marked as unread by default, consistent with the share extension.
1.2.2 19 Apr
FEATURE: Long-pressing a bookmark now includes "View Details" in the context menu
FEATURE: The share extension now shows an "Already saved" notice when a URL has been previously bookmarked
IMPROVED: The Save button in the share extension shows a loading indicator while saving
FIXED: Tag chips, suggestions, and buttons in the share extension now use the correct app accent color instead of system blue
1.2.1 19 Apr
FEATURE: Favicons are now shown next to bookmark titles when enabled on your Linkding instance.
FEATURE: Preview images are now shown alongside bookmarks when enabled on your Linkding instance.
FEATURE: Bulk-select mode for bookmarks — select multiple items to archive, delete, or add/remove tags all at once.
FEATURE: Tag autocomplete when adding or editing bookmarks, bundles, and when saving via the Share extension.
FEATURE: Tags can now be toggled on or off in the bookmark list from Settings.
FEATURE: Tags can now be sorted by name or frequency in the Tags tab.
FEATURE: Bookmarks can now be filtered by tag in the Tags tab.
FEATURE: Bookmark detail view now includes an Edit button to update the bookmark directly from the detail sheet.
IMPROVED: Filter picker (All / Unread / Untagged / Archived) is now a native segmented control always visible at the top of the bookmark list.
IMPROVED: Bulk-edit actions appear in a native bottom toolbar, with the tab bar hidden during editing.
IMPROVED: The URL in the bookmark detail view now opens in Safari when tapped, with a Safari icon for clarity.
IMPROVED: Bookmark list now shows a large title that collapses naturally on scroll.
FIXED: Bookmarks with dates using fractional seconds (microseconds) no longer fail to load.
1.2.0 18 Apr
FEATURE: Quick Save to Ribbon saves a link from the share sheet in one tap, with no form to fill in.
IMPROVEMED: Siri and Shortcuts saves follow your "Shared by default" setting.
FIXED: Siri and Shortcuts saves made offline no longer reset a bookmark's read or shared state when they upload.
FIXED: certain tag combinations could wrap into the line dividing bookmarks in list views.
more Version 1.7.0 12 hr ago
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