BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Karakeep

Self-hostable bookmark-everything app with AI tagging and full-text search

Website Source code

Category:

Productivity Tools

Pricing:

Open Source

Open source:

Yes (AGPL-3.0)

Self-hostable:

Yes

Local-first:

Yes

Platforms:

Self-hosted, Web, Mobile, Browser Extension, Docker

AI providers (bring your own key):

OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible

API key storage:

Stored in browser storage

Key risk level:

MEDIUM

Trust score:

88/100

Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) is an open-source, self-hostable "bookmark everything" app: save links, notes, images, and PDFs with automatic AI tagging, summarization, OCR, and Meilisearch-powered full-text search. Self-hosters bring their own AI provider by setting OPENAI_API_KEY (with optional OPENAI_BASE_URL for any OpenAI-compatible endpoint such as Azure OpenAI) or pointing OLLAMA_BASE_URL at a local Ollama instance, and can pick their own text/image/embedding models via INFERENCE_TEXT_MODEL, INFERENCE_IMAGE_MODEL, and EMBEDDING_TEXT_MODEL. Ships as a Docker/Kubernetes web app plus browser extensions (Chrome/Firefox/Safari) and iOS/Android apps. A hosted Karakeep Cloud (free tier, $4/mo Pro) also exists, but BYOK applies to the self-hosted deployment.

How your API key is handled

Your API key is stored in your browser's local storage. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider. Because it can be self-hosted, your key never has to touch a third-party backend.

Setup

Open the extension/app settings, paste your provider API key (kept in your browser), and pick a model.