LinkBOX – Modern URL Manager

A sleek and intuitive URL manager designed to help professionals save, organize, and retrieve web links effortlessly. With features like categorization, tagging, search, and filtering, it transforms link management into a streamlined, clutter-free experience (github.com).

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Project Walkthrough:

Add URL:

(with Create/Login account and notification features)

Link Previews:

URLs Import Example:

Table of Contents

• Why Use LinkBOX
• Key Features
• Who’s It For?
• Getting Started
• Usage Examples
• Roadmap
• Contributing
• Support & Contact
• License

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Why Use LinkBOX

• Boost productivity by centralizing and organizing essential web resources across projects or teams.
• Save time with fast filtering and search capabilities - say goodbye to digging through browser bookmarks.
• Stay organized using tags and categories to structure content for easy retrieval.
• Enhance collaboration by sharing curated link collections with colleagues or clients.

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Key Features

• Multi User: Authentication, Autherization, Password-rest
• Easy Link Management: Add, edit, delete, and store links with metadata.
• Tagging & Categorization: Organize links by theme, project, importance, or any custom schema.
• Search & Filters: Retrieve links instantly via tags, date, category, or search terms.
• Clean Interface: Professional-looking, user-friendly design suited for business environments.
• Error Handling: Built-in error popups notify users if something goes wrong
• Trash Bin: Every URL deleted will be a soft delete and can be retrived with in 30days or Empty trash bin in one click
• Export - CSV/JSON/PDF/HTML: Supports selective export or export all to your preffered file format and sharewith your friends,colleagues or clients
• Import - CSV/JSON: Import all URLs with CSV or JSON
• Activity - Track number of URLs stored/ trashed
• Performance - Targted DOM update for trashed urls preventing fullpage reload, pagination with option to select the number of rows to view
• Selective: Deletion/Reverts/Exports - User can select urls to delete, revert deleted urls from trash and export

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Who’s It For?

• Everyone : )
• Educators & Students — build structured repositories of learning resources, references, or academic research.
• Software Engineers - manage reference materials, documentation, or snippets.
• Product Managers / Designers - centralize design inspirations, competitor analytics, or benchmark sites.
• Content Teams / Researchers - consolidate articles, sources, and tools for easy access.
• Marketing / Sales Professionals - organize campaigns, competitive content, or sales collateral.

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Ensure you have git installed in your system

Installation

• Clone the repo:
  git clone https://github.com/yashwanth2706/LinkBOX.git cd LinkBOX

• Linux/MacOS:
  In Terminal run below command

  To create a virtual envirornment
  python3 -m venv .venv

  To activate the virtual envirornment
  source .venv/bin/activate

• Windows:
  In CMD run below command to set execution policy to current user
  Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

Create a virtual envirornment with below command
python -m venv .venv

To activate the virtual envirornment
. .venv\Scripts\activate
OR
. YOUR_VITUAL_ENVIRORNMENT_NAME\Scripts\activate

• Install dependencies and run the project
  pip install -r requirements.txt

  Linux/MacOS:
  python3 manage.py makemigrations
python3 manage.py migrate
python3 manage.py runserver

  Windows:
  python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

Configuration

Update settings such as database connections, authentication configs, or environment variables as required. Current settings comes with the default SQLite can be configured with other databases like PostgresSQL

Launch

python manage.py runserver

Open in your browser at http://localhost:8000 (or appropriate URL).

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Usage Examples

• Add a new link: Click "Add Link," fill in the URL, title, tags, and category.
• Organize: Apply tags like “Design,” “Docs,” or “Inspiration.”
• Search effortlessly: Type a query or choose filters—LinkBOX instantly retrieves relevant links.
• Manage your collection: Edit or remove links as needed through a clean, intuitive interface.

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Roadmap

• React Implementation
• User Links Analytics (Most visited, Most Links stored under same domain name, recently visited, ...etc)
• Syncing with browser bookmarks
• Bulk import/export in JSON
• Link collections/ groups
• Browser extension for quick link capture
• Backup and restore functionality

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To get involved:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a descriptive branch (feature/ui-improvement, fix/search-bug)
3. Submit a pull request—include your reasoned changes
4. Support via issue reports, feature proposals, or code reviews

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Support & Contact

Need help or want to contribute?

• Open an issue on GitHub
• Connect via [GitHub Discussions] or email at [yash1anth.official@gmail.com]

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License

MIT license