Comparison of browser synchronizers
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of Browser synchronizers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions.
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[edit] General information
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc.
[edit] Privacy Policy
Privacy policy, agreements, terms of services, etc.
| Types of Information Collected | Use of Cookies | Warrant information | Last Update | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Browser Sync, Terms of service | Firefox browser settings (encryptable); log of suspicious page ("Safe Browsing"); if used by phone: IP address, the carrier name and the phone number; | (?) | "At your sole risk" | 2007 |
| Foxmarks | Date and time of synchronization, your IP address, version. As an intermediary: your bookmarks | Yes | "At your own risk" | 2006-10-26 |
[edit] Operating system support
The operating systems on which the browser synchronizers can run natively (without emulation), meaning which operating systems have which software specifically coded for them.
| Windows | Mac OS X | GNU/Linux | Other Unix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BookKit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bookmark Sync and Sort | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BookmarkSync | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Chipmark | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Browser Sync | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Foxmarks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bookmark Base[3] | Yes | No | No | No |
| Link Commander[4] | Yes | No | No | No |
| Network Menus | Yes | No | No | No |
| oSync | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Portable Bookmarks[5] | Yes | No | No | No |
| SyncBookmarks | Yes | No | No | No |
| Weave | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Xbel bookmark manager | Yes | No | No | No |
| xbelSync | Yes | No | No | No |
| Zinkmo | Yes | No | No | No |
[edit] Old browser synchronizers
The following browser synchronizers have been reported to no longer work as intended with current browsers.
- Sourceforge BookmarkSync - Updated 2003.
- Bookmarks Synchronizer - Updated 2004.
- FavoriteSync - Synchronized both Internet Explorer favorites and Firefox bookmarks with each other and an outside server, but wasn't updated when Firefox 1.5 came out nor Internet Explorer 7.0.
- iSync - No longer supports Safari bookmarks.
