BBBookmarks was my first real attempt at fixing X bookmarks, back in 2024. The idea was simple: pull your saved tweets out of that endless scroll and into a place where you could actually search and organize them.

What it did

It synced your X bookmarks to a hosted web app, let you tag and sort them, and gave you full-text search — the things X still doesn't do. For a first version, it worked.

What I got wrong

I leaned on a server and an account for everything. That meant a login to create, a backend to keep running, and a copy of your bookmarks living somewhere you didn't own. It was slower than it needed to be, more fragile than I wanted, and it asked for trust it didn't have to ask for.

Those lessons became XSaved: local-first, no account required, and fast because the work happens on your own machine. BBBookmarks was the rough draft. I'm glad I built it, and just as glad I moved on from it.