A beautiful Nextcloud Bookmarks client for Android.
Merk connects to your own Nextcloud server to save, organize, and browse your bookmarks — privately, offline-first, and without any third-party cloud.
| # | Screen | Caption |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bookmark list — dark mode | Your bookmarks, beautifully organized. |
| 02 | Bookmark list — light mode | Light or dark; your call, one tap away. |
| 03 | In-app browser | Browse any link without leaving the app. |
| 04 | Add / edit bookmark | Save in seconds; tags, folders and all. |
| 05 | Settings | Your server, your rules; total privacy. |
- Bookmark list — instant search, tag chips, favicon initials, colored letter fallbacks
- In-app browser — browse bookmarks without switching apps; open in external browser anytime
- Share target — share any URL from Chrome or any app directly to Merk
- Add & edit — title, description, tags, folder picker, create new folders on the fly
- Nextcloud sync — Login Flow v2 authentication, offline-first with Room, auto-sync on save/delete
- Tasks.org integration — turn any bookmark into a reminder with one tap
- Biometric lock — fingerprint or PIN protection
- Light & dark mode — one-tap toggle right in the app
- Android 8.0 (API 26) or higher
- A Nextcloud instance with the Bookmarks app installed
- Kotlin + Jetpack Compose + Material 3
- Hilt (dependency injection)
- Room (offline-first local database)
- OkHttp + 'org.json' (no Retrofit — avoids R8 obfuscation issues)
- DataStore (settings & auth persistence)
- Coil (favicon loading)
- WorkManager / coroutines
'''bash git clone https://github.com/andreibarburas/merk-android.git cd merk-android ./gradlew assembleDebug '''
No API keys or special configuration needed. On first launch, enter your Nextcloud server URL to authenticate via Login Flow v2.
Hi, I'm Andrei Barburas. By day, I work at the intersection of information management, intelligence gathering, and human cyber risk; designing systems that make sense of complexity and surface what usually stays unseen, drawing on a background in counter-terrorism research and the behavioral patterns behind radicalization and digital vulnerability. I also lecture in Ethics, Communication Management, and Cross-Cultural Management, and write and teach courses on psychology, culture, and critical thinking.
This corner of GitHub is the other side of that same instinct. I build a small collection of free, open-source tools for people who self-host: a suite of Android Apps designed around Nextcloud and selfhosters, along with Home Assistant Apps and a handful of Wordpress Plugins.
I started making these because I wanted something the existing options didn't offer; small, focused tools that fit my own self-hosted setup instead of forcing me to compromise. No ads, no tracking, GPLv3 licensed where applicable, and built to work with the tools people already run at home.
I'm open about the fact that I use AI throughout development. It genuinely helps me move faster and build things I wouldn't otherwise have time for as one person. But AI doesn't replace the actual work; I still spend the evenings figuring out what something should actually do, testing it against real setups and edge cases, and tracking down the inevitable weird bugs. AI is a tool I use, not a shortcut around the thinking.
If my work saves you time, a small tip means a lot:
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- 🐈⬛ GitHub Sponsors: github.com/sponsors/andreibarburas
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- 🌐 Website: barburas.com
- 🐛 Issues & feature requests: open an issue
All my work is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.
You are free to use, study, modify, and redistribute this software, provided that any distributed modifications are also licensed under GPL v3 and the source code remains available.