Pinboard Plus

A better extension for Pinboard (http://pinboard.in). Easy to know current page has been saved or not.

Pinboard Plus: Enhance your Pinboard.in Experience

'Pinboard Plus' is a Chrome Extension designed to enhance the user experience on Pinboard.in. It offers various features such as checking if the current page is saved, adding, modifying, and deleting bookmarks directly from the popup window, and using the same UI style as the official Pinboard site. It also offers an assortment of updates and improvements like AI summarization, dark mode adaptation, tag auto-completion, an increase in autosuggestion list size, and more. Particularly useful is the option to set bookmarks as private in Incognito mode.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
By: Chi Zhang
Users: 5,000+
Rating: 4.19
(102)
Version: 2.13.0 (Last updated: 2023-04-01)
Creation date: 2019-06-01
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 202.75K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great replacement for the official addon or bookmarklet
  • Changes pin color to blue for saved pages
  • Convenient to use with keyboard shortcuts
  • Uses API token instead of username/password for login
  • User-friendly interface
Cons
  • Silently fails to save bookmarks occasionally
  • Slow performance in auto-complete tags
  • Issues with logging in due to API token problems
  • Tag autocompletion is primitive and case-sensitive
  • Privacy concern with sending all visited URLs to Pinboard by default
Most mentioned
  • Silent failures when saving bookmarks
  • Slow auto-completion of tags
  • Need for more customizable features (like colors and options for tags)
  • Problems with API token expiration and login errors
  • User interface glitches and inconvenience with tag inputs
User reviews
possibility to change the color would be a plus

Is it possible to set OpenAI language used for description & tags? I would prefer other one than English :)
by Dariusz Mydlarz, 2024-05-22

Great replacement to the official addon or bookmarklet I was using before.
by Hubert Taler, 2023-07-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Pinboard Plus. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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