Pinboard Tools

The official chrome extension for Pinboard, the minimalist bookmarking site. Lets you save bookmarks and tab sets easily from Chrome
What is Pinboard Tools?
'Pinboard Tools' is an extension specially designed for Pinboard users, acting as a minimal yet effective tool. Save bookmarks and tab sets instantly, and gain quick access to your Pinboard account. Ideal for those who need to preserve their browser state amidst numerous open tabs.

Extension stats

Users: 5,000+
Rating: 3.51 (73)
Version: 1.1.1 (Last updated: 2019-03-20)
Creation date: 2019-03-20
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
Size: 33.58K

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Extension summary

Official extension for Pinboard, the beloved personal archive and bookmarking website. This is a fairly minimal extension that lets you save bookmarks and tab sets (a quick way to save browser state if you have a ton of open tabs), and provides convenience shortcuts to your Pinboard account.

User reviews

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Pros
  • Functional and serves the purpose of bookmarking.
  • Simple to use.
  • Great for users who struggle with Pinboard's own interface.
  • Provides a mechanism to save tab sets, helpful for managing multiple tabs.
Cons
  • Popup doesn’t close after saving a bookmark, creating confusion.
  • Leaves a blank page after saving, leading to uncertainty if the action was successful.
  • Lack of customer support from Pinboard, leading to frustrations.
  • Slowness in loading after clicking save, taking several seconds.
Most mentioned
  • Issues with the blank page after saving bookmarks.
  • Problems with the popup not closing.
  • Slowness in the app's performance.
User reviews
While this extension works reasonably well, I can not recommend anything related to pinboard. Pinboard looked promising 5 years ago, when I paid for an archival account. Now that my subscription is ending, I can not get Pinboard to send me my archive. Emails went unanswered, my post to the pinboard google support group was not approved, dm on twitter was unanswered. A public comment on twitter got me a reply that he'd "look into it", then nothing. Maciej is infamous these days for his complete lack of customer support -- I've had multiple unanswered emails over the past 5 years. The official Pinboard twitter account is a mess of political rants. Save your money -- and your bookmarks -- and look elsewhere. My current recommendation is raindrop.io
by Presto Cadenza, 2021-07-24

No support and it's flaky. I am not going to renew
by Dula Abdu, 2020-06-30

Broken in Chrome 79. Prompts for login when attempting to bookmark when already logged in.
by Mike Rogers, 2019-11-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Pinboard Tools requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Pinboard Tools has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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