lsbookmarks

lsbookmarks

List and interactively search firefox bookmarks (in backup jsonlzw format) from the Linux terminal using the wonderful bubbletea TUI library. Hitting enter copies the selected url to the clipboard.

Usage:
  lsbookmarks 

list firefox bookmarks with interactive search.
provide the backup path or save the path in ~/.lsbookmarksrc

lsbookmarks [BookmarkBackupPath]

Help Options:
  -h, --help                Show this help message

Arguments:
  BookmarkBackupPath:       firefox bookmark backup path

Example

Requirements

1. Linux
2. Providing the path to the Firefox backup directory either on the command line or in a ~/.lsbookmarksrc file
3. The xlib requirements set out in golang.design/x/clipboard, currently libx11-dev, xorg-dev or libX11-devel.

Notes

This program a simple rewrite of the bubbletea list fancy example with some simple bookmark parsing.

.
├── main.go          entry point
├── bookmark.go      bookmark parser
├── bookbubble.go    make bookmarks meet bubbletea.list interface
├── clipboard.go     clipboard support
├── configfile.go    configfile support
├── list.go          main TUI logic: diff with list-fancy/main.go
└── delegate.go      delegate TUI logic: diff with list-fancy/delegate.go

See alfred bookmarks for more complete bookmark support across Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. That lzw decompressor didn't work for me: leatherman works well.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT Licence.

Rory Campbell-Lange 09 September 2022