vBookmarks
Tree
The classic hierarchy — type-ahead jumps, hover actions, drag & drop, per-folder sort.
The actively maintained successor of Neat Bookmarks
Your bookmarks,
one keypress away.
vBookmarks puts your whole library in a fast, keyboard-friendly popup: instant fuzzy search, seven purpose-built views and a ⌘K command palette. Free, open source, and polished since 2011.
Free & open source
No ads · no tracking
43 languages
Chrome & Edge · MIT license
Why vBookmarks
The bookmark manager Chrome forgot to build
It manages the same bookmarks you already have — but adds the speed, structure and cleanup tools the built-in manager never shipped.
Instant fuzzy search
Titles, URLs and folders — matched in milliseconds from the popup, the side panel, or the address bar (type * then Space). Highlighted matches, CJK-friendly.
A ⌘K command palette
Open, move, sort, switch views, change themes — every action has a slash command. Add your own; they sync across devices.
A staging workbench
New saves land in a triage inbox instead of vanishing into the tree: group them, star them, batch-file them — or let them flow into the recently-added timeline.
Window → folder → tab group
Capture a whole window of tabs as a bookmark folder, reopen it later as a named Chrome tab group.
Dead-link scan
Bulk-check with an optional proxy re-check — it tells "site is down" from "blocked on your network".
Duplicate merge
Duplicates grouped by URL, merged in bulk with six keeper strategies — oldest, newest, most-visited and more.
Real separators
Divider lines with custom colors and widths, inside any folder — the feature Chrome's manager never had.
Every deletion is undoable
Cleanup never feels risky — one tap on the toast brings back whole deleted subtrees.
Favicon auto-recovery
Sync-status indicators
100% local visit stats
Drag & drop
Multi-select batch actions
Per-folder sorting
Side panel mode
Custom CSS & zoom
Bookmarklets
43 languages
Seven views
One popup, every way of looking at your library
Switch views with Alt+1…7 or the ⌘K palette. Each one is built for a single job — and every one works fully from the keyboard.
Search
Dual-zone search: recent searches above, fuzzy results with path breadcrumbs below.
Tab groups
Every window's tabs at a glance — save them as a folder, reopen them as named groups.
Staging
A triage inbox for new saves, plus the recently-added timeline. Five minutes a day, done.
Stats
Your most-visited bookmarks, counted 100% locally. Sort by count or recency; pause anytime.
Dead links
Bulk-scan, filter by status, mark for review or delete — with proxy re-checks for blocked sites.
Duplicates
Grouped by URL, merged in bulk. Pick a keeper strategy and reclaim your tree.
Keyboard-first
Never touch the mouse
Arrows, Home/End, PageUp/PageDown, type-ahead. Enter opens, F2 renames, Delete removes — and Esc unwinds menus, palette, selection and search, one clean layer at a time.
- CtrlShiftV
- Open the popup — or CtrlShiftK for the palette from anywhere
- *Space
- Search your bookmarks straight from the address bar
- Alt1…7
- Jump straight to any view
- AltShiftB
- Toggle the side panel — a permanent workspace column
- AltShiftS
- Quick-save the current tab into the folder you choose
- F2DelEsc
- Rename, delete, unwind — the whole popup obeys the keyboard
Make it yours
Four crafted themes, zero glare
Light
Dark
Ink
Paper
Plus follow-system, UI zoom, custom CSS and your own toolbar icon. Popup or side panel — your call.
Free & private
Your bookmarks are yours. Full stop.
No ads, no tracking, no accounts
Nothing to sign up for, nothing phoning home. The extension doesn't even have analytics — and neither does this page.
Data never leaves your browser
vBookmarks manages the bookmarks Chrome already syncs. Visit stats and scans stay 100% on this device.
Open source, MIT licensed
Every line is on GitHub, maintained by a developer who still answers every issue. Fork it, audit it, learn from it.
Give it a week — your bookmarks will feel organized for the first time in years.
Add vBookmarks to ChromeFAQ
Good questions
Is vBookmarks really free?
Yes — free, with no ads, no subscriptions and no premium tier. It's MIT-licensed open source, so you can also build it yourself from GitHub.
Which browsers does it support?
Chrome 114 and newer, on desktop. The same package runs on Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers that support Manifest V3 extensions.
Does it change how my bookmarks are stored?
No. It manages your existing Chrome bookmarks through the official bookmarks API — anything you organize in vBookmarks syncs wherever Chrome sync does. Preferences and per-device data stay local.
How do I search from the address bar?
Type * in the omnibox, press Space, then start typing. Results come from the same fuzzy ranker the popup uses — titles, URLs and folders.
What is the staging workbench?
A triage inbox for new bookmarks. Instead of dumping saves straight into the tree, vBookmarks holds them in a staging area where you can group, star and batch-file them — or ignore them until your daily five-minute cleanup.
What happened to Neat Bookmarks?
Neat Bookmarks, the beloved minimalist popup, stopped working when Chrome dropped the APIs it relied on. vBookmarks began in 2011 as its direct successor and has been continuously maintained ever since — same spirit, vastly more capability. See the full history and changelog.