Bookmark Assistant
Sync Chrome bookmarks to Notion with rich metadata.
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Sync Chrome bookmarks to Notion with rich metadata.
129 followers
Transform your Chrome bookmarks into an organized Notion database with one click. Bookmark Assistant is a production-ready extension that automatically extracts descriptions, syncs changes, and keeps your bookmarks perfectly organized in Notion—no manual copying required.
Bookmark Assistant
Hey Hunters! 👋 Aries here.
We all love Notion, and we all use Chrome bookmarks.
But keeping them in sync has always been a pain -- until now.
I built Bookmark Assistant to automate the boring part of knowledge management.
It’s not just a sync tool; it’s a metadata enricher.
Key Features:
✅ Rich Metadata: Auto-extracts descriptions and favicons.
✅ Duplicate Detection: Smart fingerprinting prevents clutter.
✅ Beautiful Template: Includes a "Gallery View" dashboard to visualize your links.
✅ Privacy First: Your data stays between your browser and Notion.
I made this to solve my own productivity bottleneck, and I hope it boosts yours too!
The extension is free to start. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the UX and the Notion template design! 🚀
Cheers,
Aries
Very Nice @arieszhou !
Does it support other browsers like Mozilla Firefox ?
Bookmark Assistant
@bekjon_ibragimov Thanks! But not at the moment – I'm focusing on perfecting the Chrome version first, but Firefox is next on the list! 🦊
Congratulations on the launch! In projects like this, adding AI recommendations for interesting or similar services would be really nice.
Bookmark Assistant
@mykyta_semenov_ Thank you! You read my mind!
That is actually part of my Phase 3 Roadmap. Right now, I'm focusing on the 'Capture' part (getting data into Notion cleanly). But the next step is definitely the 'Intelligence' layer—using AI to suggest related tools or content based on what you've already saved. Great minds think alike!
Bookmark Assistant
@ajarat_abodunrin Thanks for comment and it's really a nice question!
That was actually a big technical challenge during development. 😅
To handle large bookmarks without hitting Notion's API rate limits, I use local fingerprinting (hashing) to detect changes and only sync what's new. I also process the queue in small batches in the background, so it doesn't freeze your browser even with thousands of bookmarks!
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Is it one-way sync? From Chrome to Notion? Or two-way: once you change something in Notion(where it is more convenient(e.g. remove, change folder, etc)), the change will be synced to Chrome as well?
Bookmark Assistant
@anton_tishchenko Thank you Tishchenko! It's a great question!
For this v1 launch, it is strictly one-way (Chrome → Notion).
I designed it this way to ensure your browser data remains the 'source of truth' and to avoid any accidental deletions in your browser. Currently, Notion acts as your visual archive/second brain. Two-way sync is technically trickier but definitely something I'm exploring for the future roadmap!
Minara
Quick question about Bookmark Assistant — it seems like you’re implicitly treating bookmarking as a retrieval problem rather than a saving problem.
A lot of bookmark tools assume users will actively organize or maintain their collections, which rarely happens in practice. From your perspective, what was the key user behavior or insight that made you lean into this more “hands-off” approach?
Asking because that framing feels very grounded in real usage, and I’m curious how others on the team arrived at it.
Bookmark Assistant
@rexlian This is spot-on. You absolutely nailed the philosophy behind it.
The key insight (from my own experience as a solo dev) was that bookmarking is often a 'write-only' operation. We save tabs optimistically, thinking we'll organize them later, but 'later' never comes. The friction of manual tagging at the moment of capture is just too high.
So I leaned into the 'Hands-off' approach because I realized that Context (Metadata/Visuals) is what makes retrieval possible, not folders. If the system can auto-capture the Description and Icon, the user doesn't need to organize it to find it later. It shifts the burden from the user to the software.
I don't know if there is a valid use case for this...
Bookmark Assistant
@pasha_tseluyko That's a fair point! It’s definitely not for everyone.
I built this primarily for 'digital hoarders' (like myself 😅) and researchers who have hundreds of links buried in Chrome folders. The main use case is turning that messy list into a visual, searchable database in Notion so you actually remember Why you saved them.