Your searchable memory of the web

Open source bookmarking with full-content capture and fast search.

Try hosted version View on GitHub

• Full content capture (not just titles)

• Search across everything you saved

• Save from browser + Telegram

Save from anywhere

One-click saving on desktop, and forwarding from mobile via Telegram.

See integrations

Browser extensions

Save pages as you browse (Chrome + Firefox).

Forward links to @GetPensiveBot.

Open bot

Save and search with the help of AI

Library

Everything you need to build your knowledge base

Capture what you read, keep it searchable, and own it long-term.

Designed for search

Full content capture so you can search inside what you saved, not just titles.

• Full-text indexing
• Tags, domains, and dates
• Ask questions with AI (hosted)

Save from anywhere

Browser extensions and Telegram make saving fast on desktop and mobile.

• Chrome + Firefox extensions
• Telegram bot forwarding
• One-click capture

AI summaries and tags

Optional AI helps you skim, organize, and revisit later.

• Automatic summaries
• Smart topic tags
• Clean text extraction

Open source and self-hostable

Own your data. Run it yourself, or use the hosted version.

• Docker-friendly deployment
• Import and export anytime
• No lock-in

Why I built this

Years ago I found Gordon Bell’s MyLifeBits research project. The idea stuck: can we preserve what we read and make it searchable?

I read and share a lot of links (Hacker News, blogs, docs). The good stuff gets lost in browser bookmarks and buried by SEO. Pocket was the closest fit for me for a while, until it shut down.

So I built Pensive and then made it open source. Your bookmarks shouldn’t depend on a service that can change direction. Read the longer story here, or tell me what you think.