LinkBuddy: For Linkding

Unofficial iOS client for linkding, github for linkding, selfhosted bookmarking service.

This is my first end-to-end opensource project written in React Native using Expo. Please take some time to download and review it! I decided to open source it for transparency, as well as, for users to be able to track the development process.

If you find a bug or have improvement feel free to submit issues, pull-requests or use the support email in the app to send me an email.

App features:

• Codebase for iOS written in React Native using expo.
• Add, edit, archive and delete bookmarks
• View and search your bookmarks
• View and search your archived bookmarks
• Supports share sheet extension to share URLs from other apps into LinkBuddy
• Open and view links in in-app web browser- Supports Safari Reader View via in-app web browser- Supports dark mode and light mode themes
• iPad compatible (just a blown up iPhone UI for now)
• This app doesn't store or track any personal user information. Please feel free to read the Privacy Policy

Folders structure:

• src
  • assets - static files
  • components - common React Native components
  • contexts - zustand context store
  • screens - navigation screens
  • styles - color styling for dark/light mode
  • services - API services for linkding

Used components:

• Expo
• Expo eas-cli for building and submission
• Zustand for state management
• React Native Elements for styling
• React Navigation
• React Native Gesture Handler for handling touch input

Known issues

• Doesn't show bookmarks or an error message when the user is offline.
• Doesn't work with tailscale ip or tailscale long dns, however, tailscale short dns works fine.
• This app only works with the available endpoints from linkding.