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EnglishHow Search and Screenshots Work in keepthis.site
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keepthis.site replaces folder-based bookmark organization with two retrieval tools: instant full-text search and real page screenshots. Search covers the title, your notes, and anything else you wrote about a saved link, returning matches in milliseconds. Every saved link also gets an actual screenshot of the page rather than a generic thumbnail, so you can scan your library visually. Both features work on data stored locally on your device, which is encrypted before it leaves it.
Instant search: what it looks up
According to the site, search finds anything "in milliseconds — by title, by note, by anything you wrote about it." In practice, that means the fields you control at save time are the fields you can search later:
- Title — captured automatically when you save a link.
- Notes — whatever you type about why the link matters.
- Tags — the labels you attach when saving (the browser extension saves "URL, title, your tags, your notes").
The practical consequence: the more context you write when saving, the easier retrieval becomes. A link saved with a one-line note like "pricing comparison for the migration doc" is findable by that phrase later; the same link saved bare is findable only by its title.
Why there are no folders
keepthis.site explicitly states there are "no folders to maintain — search finds it." This is a deliberate design choice, not a missing feature. Instead of deciding where a link belongs at save time, you save it and rely on search at retrieval time. That trades upfront organization work for the discipline of writing searchable notes.
Screenshots: real previews, not thumbnails
Every saved link gets "a real screenshot of the page, not a generic thumbnail." The stated purpose is visual scanning: you can look through your library and recognize pages by how they actually looked when saved, rather than by a site logo or placeholder image.
This matters most for links whose titles are similar or generic — multiple articles from the same publication, several docs pages, or tools with similar names. The screenshot gives you a second recognition channel alongside the title.
How the two features work together
| Task | What you use | What you need to have done at save time |
|---|---|---|
| Find a link by a phrase you remember | Full-text search | Written that phrase in the title or notes |
| Find a link by what the page looked like | Screenshot previews | Nothing extra — screenshots are automatic |
| Find a link by topic label | Search on tags | Added tags when saving |
| Browse without a specific target | Visual scan of screenshots | Nothing extra |
A reasonable workflow: save quickly with the browser extension (one click saves the active tab with URL, title, tags, and notes), add a short note when the link is worth returning to, and rely on search first and screenshots second when retrieving.
Conditions and limits to know
- Search scope is your own writing plus captured metadata. The site describes search over title, note, and "anything you wrote about it" — not full page content of the saved site.
- Screenshots are captured per saved link. The site does not describe re-capturing or updating screenshots later, so treat the screenshot as a snapshot of the page at save time.
- Everything is local and encrypted. Pins live on your device, the app works offline, and data is encrypted with a passphrase only you know before syncing peer-to-peer between your own devices. Search and screenshots operate on that local library.
- Platforms: Mac (macOS 12+) and Android (8+, arm64), version 1.1.2. The browser extension is available for Firefox; a Chrome Web Store version is listed as coming soon. The extension pairs with the Mac app, which must be running in the background to receive saves.
If your main need is finding links by remembered phrases and recognizing pages visually, search plus screenshots covers it without any folder upkeep. If you need to search the full text of saved pages themselves, that is beyond what the site describes.