The forgotten science of making ideas stick
Saved four years ago. Nine recent bookmarks suggest attention and memory matter to you again.
A free bookmark autopsy by Reentry
Your bookmarks have been waiting for later.
Find out how many hours you buried, how long the backlog would take to clear, and which forgotten bookmark may matter again now.
Runs on your device. No history access. No bookmark data uploaded.
Your bookmark autopsyThe Digital Archaeologist
2,841bookmarks buried
617hours waiting for later
3.4years at 30 minutes a day
183duplicate good intentions
You did not build a second brain. You built an archaeological site for good intentions.
Three clicks after installation
Open the gates. Face the consequences.
The extension asks for one permission, reads the bookmark tree locally, and produces the complete report inside its own page. There is no account and no email gate before the result.
- 01
Install
Add the open-source extension from the Chrome Web Store and approve bookmark access.
- 02
Autopsy
Titles, URLs, folders, and creation dates become transparent backlog estimates and a gentle roast.
- 03
Rescue
Recent interests are matched against older bookmarks to surface something that may be useful again.
Private by construction
Your bookmark graveyard stays yours.
The public website never sees the report. Bookmark reading, categorization, relevance matching, and rendering all happen inside the extension. Even the share card is generated locally.
Read the extension privacy notice- One permission: bookmarks
- No browser history access
- No bookmark or topic uploads
- No analytics inside the extension
- No bookmark changes or deletions
- Complete source code is public
No fake precision
The joke still shows its work.
Bookmark records do not contain trustworthy reading or watch duration. We classify each URL and use visible category assumptions rather than pretending we fetched every page.
- Video
- 12 min
- Podcast
- 45 min
- 25 min
- Code repository
- 15 min
- Social post
- 6 min
- Other webpage
- 7 min
How the rescued bookmark is chosen
Recent bookmark titles, folder names, and URL paths create a small local interest profile. The extension compares it with bookmarks at least six months old, favors specific and non-duplicate candidates, and explains the overlapping terms. If there is no credible match, it says so instead of inventing one.
Questions before exhumation
Reasonable concerns.
What does the extension read?
It reads the URLs, titles, folders, and creation dates already stored in Chrome's bookmark tree. That is enough to count, categorize, estimate, find duplicates, and compare older bookmarks with recent interests.
Does my bookmark data leave my device?
No. Analysis and result rendering happen inside the extension. Reentry does not receive your URLs, titles, folders, topics, or report. The extension contains no analytics and no remote processing.
Does it read my browsing history?
No. The extension does not request the history permission. It cannot tell whether you opened or finished something, and it never pretends that it can.
Why does Chrome say it can read and change bookmarks?
Chrome bundles bookmark reading and writing into one permission label. Bookmark Graveyard uses it only to read the tree and build your report. It contains no code that adds, edits, moves, or deletes a bookmark, and the open source is available to inspect.
How accurate are the time estimates?
They are transparent category estimates, not measured durations. The result uses published assumptions shown on the page and inside the extension. It is designed to make the size of a backlog understandable, not to manufacture precision.
Why does this require an extension?
Chrome does not let ordinary websites request access to bookmarks. The small open-source extension is the browser-approved way to run the scan without exporting or uploading a file.
Can I remove it afterward?
Yes. Remove it like any Chrome extension. It does not change or delete bookmarks, and uninstalling it leaves your bookmark collection untouched.
Saving was never the problem
What if useful things came back before you remembered to look?
The Bookmark Graveyard is one small demonstration of Reentry: drop things once, let them return when they can help.