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Bookmark to Shortcut

Convert your browser bookmarks to web shortcut files (.url, .webloc, .desktop) to be able to use them on your desktop and in your file explorer.

How to convert

First you have to export your bookmarks from your browsers, use the following links to navigate directly to your browsers bookmark manager.

  • opera://bookmarks

  • chrome://bookmarks

  • edge://favorites

Usage

Clone /src/BookmarkToShortcut.py

from BookmarkToShortcut import BookmarkToShortcut

converter = BookmarkToShortcut(
    'in', # input directory
    'out', # output directory
    {'url', 'desktop', 'webloc'} # formats to write
)

converter.convert()

Compatibility

  • works with NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1 exports

  • tested for exports from Chromium browsers (Opera, Chrome, Edge)

  • supported shortcut formats

    • .url (Windows)

    • .webloc (macOS)

    • .desktop (Linux)

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Convert your browser bookmarks to web shortcut files (.url, .webloc, .desktop) to be able to use them on your desktop and in your file explorer.

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bookmarkbookmarksbrowser-bookmarksconvertconverterdesktopexportexportspythonpython-3python-classpython3shortcutsurlwebloc

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