bookmark-checker

A CLI tool that cleans up HTML bookmark files exported from browsers. It removes duplicate bookmarks and checks for outdated URLs that no longer resolve.

Installation

Download a pre-built binary

Grab the latest binary for your platform from the Releases page:

Platform	File
Linux (x86_64)	bookmark-checker-linux-x86_64
macOS (Intel)	bookmark-checker-macos-x86_64
macOS (Apple Silicon)	bookmark-checker-macos-aarch64
Windows (x86_64)	bookmark-checker-windows-x86_64.exe

On Linux/macOS, make it executable after downloading:

chmod +x bookmark-checker-*

Build from source

Requires Rust (1.85+):

cargo build --release

The binary will be at target/release/bookmark-checker.

Usage

bookmark-checker <FILE_PATH> [-o <OUTPUT>]

Arguments

Argument	Description
FILE_PATH	Path to the input HTML bookmarks file
-o, --output	Output file path (optional, defaults to <input>-cleaned.html)

Examples

Process a bookmarks file (writes to bookmarks-cleaned.html):

cargo run -- ./bookmarks.html

Specify a custom output path:

cargo run -- ./bookmarks.html -o cleaned.html

What it does

1. Parses the HTML bookmarks file
2. Finds and removes duplicate bookmark entries
3. Checks each URL to see if it still resolves
4. Removes bookmarks with broken/outdated URLs
5. Writes the cleaned result to the output file