Linkding: open it, first login, settings, fixes
· Updated 18 September 2026 · SparkBox team
A minimal, self-hosted bookmark manager. Save links from any browser, tag and search them, and never lose a useful webpage again. Includes a browser extension for one-click saving. This is the short card for it — the two minutes after you press Enable, and the page to come back to when something is off.
Open it
Dashboard → Apps → Linkding → Open. The direct address on your network is:
http://<your-box-IP>:9090Install the Linkding browser extension to save bookmarks with one click
First login
SparkBox auto-created a Linkding admin for you — the credentials are shown below. Log in with username 'admin' and the password. You can change the password inside Linkding at Settings → Account.
Any password the installer generated for you is under Settings → Passwords; the Open button offers to copy it.
Worth knowing
- Install the browser extension for one-click bookmark saving
- Use tags to organize your bookmarks and find them quickly
When it breaks
If it will not open, check the app card first — a red dot means it is restarting or unhealthy, and this walkthrough reads the reason from its log. Tom AI on the dashboard can do the same for you.
Where your data lives
/opt/sparkbox/modules/linkding/config/Included in the dashboard's Backup by default. Restoring that backup on a fresh install brings Linkding back exactly as it was.
Questions, or did this not match your box?
Every guide here came from a real problem someone hit. If yours behaves differently, say so — that is how these get corrected, and how the fix gets prioritised.
We answer there rather than in a comment box, because that is where the people who have already solved it are.