Kovah LinkAce by Kovah
LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect links of your favorite websites.
About Kovah LinkAce
From the project's README at github.com/Kovah/LinkAce. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
> [!CAUTION] > LinkAce 1.x is deprecated and will only receive security-related patches until the end of 2025. Please upgrade to LinkAce 2. Contents
LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect links of your favorite websites. Save articles to read them later, tools to use them in your next project, or historic content to archive it for the long term. LinkAce
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 3.3k | github.com/Kovah/LinkAce |
| GitHub forks | 203 | github.com/Kovah/LinkAce |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 7.7 years | since Aug 2018 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 123 | last: 25 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 4 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
- LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb
- AI, Constraints, and the Future of Software Engineering
- Omega-3 supplements may be linked to faster cognitive decline in seniors
- Cisco open sources toolkit for tracing AI model lineage
- Show HN: Costanza – an autonomous AI agent that can't be turned off
Ready to self-host Kovah LinkAce?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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