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Aside and Delicious,
side by side.
Delicious was a bookmark ancestor. It is closed. If you still have an export file, Aside can read it on iPhone. Aside is a local library on iPhone. Two tools, each for a different job.
Start on iPhone · No sign-in needed for the Local Library
The other tool
Delicious
Delicious was an early public bookmark service — a bookmark ancestor. People kept links there for years. It is closed. A leftover Netscape HTML, XML, or JSON export is the only import path. Delicious cannot produce a new export.
Aside
Aside
Aside is a local library on iPhone. No sign-in is needed for the Local Library. Save links, text, photos, files, contacts, notes, and calendar events through the iOS Share Sheet. Start a record from Home with Quick Capture. Add notes, put related items in collections, and set a reminder to look again. Aside can read an export file from Delicious if you still have one.
What overlaps, and what does not
| Aside | Delicious | |
|---|---|---|
| Home | Local library on iPhone. No sign-in needed. | Delicious was a public bookmark service. |
| How things get in | iOS Share Sheet from other apps; Quick Capture from Home. | You saved bookmarks to Delicious. |
| After shutdown | If you still have an export file, Aside can read it. | Delicious is closed. No new export. |
| Notes | Optional notes on saved items. | The extended field can come across as notes. |
| Organize | Collections you name yourself. | Tags on bookmarks. The export has no folders. |
| Formats | Aside can read Netscape HTML, XML, or a JSON posts array you already saved. | Those leftover files are the only path. |
| Reminders | Optional reminder on a saved item. | Not the same job. |
A few things to know
Before you begin.
I cannot find the export. Can I recover the library?
No. Delicious is closed, so Aside cannot fetch the library. If you still have an export file, come back and pick it. If you do not, those Delicious bookmarks cannot be recovered. You can still save from other apps through the iOS Share Sheet.
Does Aside connect to Delicious?
No. This is a file import. Aside does not connect to Delicious.
Can I use both?
Delicious is closed. Saving from other iPhone apps into a local library is Aside's work.
Does Aside publish a website or sync across devices?
No. Those are not current. Share in means saving into Aside from the iOS Share Sheet, not publishing to other people.