Import & Export
Open formats in, open formats out.
Importing
File → Import, or Import in the ⌘K palette. Five formats:
| Format | Comes from |
|---|---|
| Netscape HTML | The bookmarks export from Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Edge and most bookmark managers. |
| Safari plist | Safari’s bookmarks file on macOS, no export step. |
| OPML | Feed lists from RSS readers. |
| JSON | Chrome’s JSON export, or generated lists. |
| CSV | Map columns to URL, title and notes during import. |
Folders become collections, merged case-insensitively with yours. Large files import in seconds; the whole import can be stopped or undone as one step. Pages in Recently Deleted are skipped. Imported bookmarks start as pending and archive in the background.
From the terminal, pipe the file in; the sandboxed CLI cannot open paths itself:
$ ewig import - < Bookmarks.html
$ ewig import - < Safari.plist --dry-runExporting
File → Export ⌘⇧E writes Netscape HTML or CSV. Headless:
$ ewig export --format html
Ewig Bookmarks.html
$ ewig export --format csv > bookmarks.csvExport covers the bookmark list. Snapshots are already plain files in the archive folder.