The Stashr blog
Product updates, capture-pipeline teardowns, and notes on how saving should work.

How to let ChatGPT and Claude search your bookmarks (with MCP)
Connect your AI assistant to your saved posts using MCP: what the protocol actually is, how to add a server to ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or Codex, and why most bookmark tools give the AI almost nothing to read.

Are your saved posts private? Who can actually see what you save
Which of your saves are private, which are public by default, and what every platform learns from them. A quick audit across X, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Bluesky, and YouTube.

How to export your TikTok data (and get your Favorites out)
How to export TikTok data: the official download, what the file actually contains, why your Favorites come back as bare links, and how to keep the videos.

How to save a web page before it disappears
How to save a web page so it survives deletion and link rot: browser Save As, print to PDF, SingleFile, the Wayback Machine, and capture-first, compared.

How to export your X (Twitter) bookmarks
How to export your X (Twitter) bookmarks: why the archive leaves them out, the browser extensions and API that work, the ~800 wall they hit, and a copy that lasts.

Stashr is officially launched
Stashr is out of beta and officially launched: capture every save from X, Reddit, Instagram, and TikTok, now with AI tagging, meaning-based search, and MCP for your AI tools.

Why screenshotting posts isn't saving them
Screenshotting a post feels like keeping it. Here's what a screenshot quietly throws away, why your camera roll swallows it, and what to do instead.

The best Raindrop.io alternatives in 2026
Raindrop is genuinely good, so start by naming why you're leaving. Here are the best Raindrop alternatives in 2026, matched to each reason, with current pricing.

How to export your Instagram data (and get your saved posts out)
How to export Instagram data: the official download, what the ZIP actually contains, why your saved posts come back as links (not content), and how to keep them.

Semantic search vs keyword search, explained
Semantic search vs keyword search: what actually happens when you hit enter, how embeddings turn meaning into math, when each one wins, and why the best search runs both at once.

How to clean up your bookmarks: duplicates, dead links, and a pile that stays small
A fast, safe bookmark cleanup: back up first, delete duplicates, find dead links, prune the rest, and stop the pile from growing back.

How to export your Reddit saved posts (all of them)
How to export Reddit saved posts: the official data request, what saved_posts.csv actually contains, how to reach saves past the ~1,000 cap, and how to keep the content.

Bluesky bookmarks: how to save posts, organize, and back them up
Bluesky finally has native bookmarks. Here's how to save a post, where your saved posts hide, why there are still no folders or search, and how to keep every one.

What's new in Stashr: the public beta roundup
Stashr is in public beta, and the library got a lot bigger. Mosaic view, web clips, higher-fidelity capture, favorites, bulk tagging, and a new Connections page. Here's everything that shipped and why it matters.

How to search your saved posts in plain English
Keyword search can't find the post you half-remember. Here's why native search fails, how meaning-based (semantic) search works, and how to search every save in plain English.

The best bookmark managers in 2026 (and the flaw they all share)
A fair roundup of the best bookmark managers in 2026: Raindrop, Pinboard, Mymind, Anybox, Linkding, Karakeep, and browser sync, with pricing, trade-offs, and the one gap they all leave open.

Stashr is now in public beta
Stashr is now in public beta: sign up free, install the extension, and start keeping every save. Here's what's live today, what the beta gets you, and what's next.

Threads saved posts: how to find, organize, and back up your saves
How Threads saved posts really work: where the Saved feed hides, why there's no search or folders, why saves silently vanish, and how to keep every one.

Pinterest saved pins: how to find, organize, and back up your boards
How Pinterest saved pins really work: where your boards live, why Pinterest actually lets you search your saves, why pins still lead to dead pages, and how to keep every one.

Digital hoarding: why you save hundreds of things and never open them again
Digital hoarding is why you save endless posts, tabs, and links you never open again. Here's what it is, the signs, why it happens, and how to fix the real problem.

LinkedIn saved posts: how to find, organize, and back up your saves
How LinkedIn saved posts really work: where to find them, why there's no search or folders, why saves quietly disappear, and how to keep every one for good.

Facebook saved items: how to find, organize, and back up your saves
How Facebook Saved really works: where to find your saved items, why Collections still can't search by topic, why saves turn 'unavailable,' and how to keep every one for good.

YouTube Watch Later: how to find, organize, and back up your saved videos
How YouTube Watch Later really works: where to find your saved videos, why there's no search, why saves turn into 'Deleted video,' and how to back them up before they vanish.

How to save and unroll a Twitter (X) thread before it disappears
How to unroll a Twitter (X) thread into one readable page, save the whole chain (not just one tweet), and keep it after the author deletes it. Thread Reader, Markdown, and capture-first backups.

How to download your X (Twitter) archive (and what's actually inside it)
Request your X archive in a couple of taps, wait for the ZIP, and open it offline. Here's the exact path, how long it takes, what the files contain, and the one thing the archive leaves out.

How to save tweets to Notion and Obsidian (as clean Markdown)
Save tweets to Notion or Obsidian as clean Markdown that survives deletion. The fast paste-and-go method, full threads, citations, and how to stop your saved tweets from rotting.

The best read-it-later apps in 2026 (and the flaw most of them share)
A fair roundup of the best read-it-later apps in 2026: Instapaper, Readwise Reader, Raindrop, Matter, GoodLinks, Cubox, Karakeep, and Wallabag, with current pricing, trade-offs, and the one limitation to watch for.

Link rot: why your saved links die and how to keep them alive
Link rot is why your bookmarks turn into 404s and your saved posts vanish. Here's what causes it, how fast it happens, and how to keep a copy that lasts.

How to organize your bookmarks so you actually find them later
Folders, tags, naming, and a cleanup pass that works. A practical system for organizing bookmarks across browsers and apps so the thing you saved is still findable months later.

How to back up your browser bookmarks (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Firefox, Safari)
Export and back up your bookmarks from any browser in a couple of clicks. Where the menu hides, what the bookmarks.html file actually contains, and why an export alone won't save you.

Pocket shut down. Here's how to move your saves and where to go next.
Mozilla killed Pocket and deleted user data on November 12, 2025. Here's what happened, what your export actually contains, and the best Pocket alternatives in 2026.

Reddit saved posts: how to find, organize, and back up your saves
How Reddit saved posts really work: where to find them, the hidden ~1,000-save cap, why saves turn into [removed], and how to keep them searchable for good.

TikTok Favorites: how to find, organize, and back up your saved videos
How TikTok Favorites really work: where to find your saved videos, why there's no search, why favorites turn into 'unavailable,' and how to back them up before they vanish.

Instagram saved posts: how to find, organize, and back up your saves
How Instagram saved posts and Collections really work: where to find them, why there's still no search, why saves vanish, and how to back them up before they rot.

X (Twitter) bookmarks: how to save, organize, and find your saved tweets
How X (Twitter) bookmarks really work in 2026: saving posts, bookmark folders, the hidden search bar, the limits, and why your saved tweets still go missing.

Where do your saved posts actually go?
Saved a tweet, a Reddit thread, a TikTok video, and can't find it now? Here's where every platform hides your saves, why they vanish, and how to keep them for good.

Why I built Stashr
I kept losing the things I saved across every app I use. So I built Stashr: a capture-first library that copies every save and makes it searchable in plain English.