[GH-ISSUE #615] Sync Tags from Firefox Bookmarks

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Originally created by @arvidortwig on GitHub (Jul 28, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/floccusaddon/floccus/issues/615

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When i upload the bookmarks to nextcloud, the folders get synced but not the tags. Using the Nextcloud Bookmarks App (via F-Droid) it shows only the tags not the folders. In Nextcloud also not tags are shown.

Describe the solution you'd like
It would be great if the tags get synced to.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Alternatively the Nextcloud Bookmark app should show the folders as well.

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Originally created by @arvidortwig on GitHub (Jul 28, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/floccusaddon/floccus/issues/615 **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** When i upload the bookmarks to nextcloud, the folders get synced but not the tags. Using the Nextcloud Bookmarks App (via F-Droid) it shows only the tags not the folders. In Nextcloud also not tags are shown. **Describe the solution you'd like** It would be great if the tags get synced to. **Describe alternatives you've considered** Alternatively the Nextcloud Bookmark app should show the folders as well. **Additional context** Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

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@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2020):

Hey,

thank you for your feedback! The situation here is indeed suboptimal, in flux and possibly a little confusing. There's multiple aspects to this:

The bookmarks android app has an open feature request for folders
Floccus cannot access Firefox's tags, as of yet.
The server-side bookmarks app is installable on mobile as a progressive web app and thus gives you both tags and folders on mobile
Firefox will probably soon support floccus, obviating the need for an android app

Does this help you?

@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2020): Hey, thank you for your feedback! The situation here is indeed suboptimal, in flux and possibly a little confusing. There's multiple aspects to this: - The bookmarks android app has [an open feature request for folders](https://gitlab.com/bisada/OCBookmarks/-/issues/25) - Floccus [cannot access](https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus/issues/28) Firefox's tags, as of yet. - The server-side bookmarks app is installable on mobile as a progressive web app and thus gives you both tags and folders on mobile - Firefox will probably soon [support floccus](https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus/issues/3), obviating the need for an android app Does this help you?

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@arvidortwig commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020):

Hey Marcel,

thanks for your reply. I left a comment with the owner of the Bookmarks App, asking for folder support. We will see if he responds. Would be a killer feature, as you already said ;) Regarding the progressive web app: Until now I only was able to "install" a progressive webapp (pwa) through chromium on my Desktop/Gnome. Never did this on a mobile. Was looking for it on android with fennec and chromium (LineageOS Standard Browser) but found no "button". Is the pwa installable through any browser ?
Thanks,
Arvid

@arvidortwig commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020): Hey Marcel, thanks for your reply. I left a comment with the owner of the Bookmarks App, asking for folder support. We will see if he responds. Would be a killer feature, as you already said ;) Regarding the progressive web app: Until now I only was able to "install" a progressive webapp (pwa) through chromium on my Desktop/Gnome. Never did this on a mobile. Was looking for it on android with fennec and chromium (LineageOS Standard Browser) but found no "button". Is the pwa installable through any browser ? Thanks, Arvid

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@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020):

Is the pwa installable through any browser ?

it should be: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Add_to_home_screen

@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020): > Is the pwa installable through any browser ? it should be: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Add_to_home_screen

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@github-account1111 commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2022):

Firefox will probably soon https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus/issues/3, obviating the need for an android app

Are you saying the app will be deprecated in lieu of Firefox supporting floccus?
I think you may have to consider that

on Android, most people use Chrome
installing a second browser engine increases attack surface which the more security conscious users try to avoid
Firefox is less secure than Chromium in general which ties back into the previous point

@github-account1111 commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2022): >Firefox will probably soon https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus/issues/3, obviating the need for an android app Are you saying the app will be deprecated in lieu of Firefox supporting floccus? I think you may have to consider that - on Android, most people use Chrome - installing a second browser engine increases attack surface which the more security conscious users try to avoid - Firefox is [less secure than Chromium](https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html) in general which ties back into the previous point

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@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2022):

Are you saying the app will be deprecated in lieu of Firefox supporting floccus?

The post you are referring to is two years old, the floccus android app is less than a year old, after I realized that floccus support for Firefox Android isn't going to happen any time soon. I will not deprecate the floccus Android app.

@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Mar 22, 2022): > Are you saying the app will be deprecated in lieu of Firefox supporting floccus? The post you are referring to is two years old, the floccus android app is less than a year old, after I realized that floccus support for Firefox Android isn't going to happen any time soon. I will not deprecate the floccus Android app.

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@Currrupted commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2024):

Hello! I have recently started using floccus, it is very useful for me, I'm so glad something like this exists! However, I cannot really use it for all my bookmarks, as all bookmarks I have had locally use tags... It seems like there isn't any real development from Firefox' side... Would it be possible to use something like this?
https://github.com/azappella/webextension-experiment-tags

Development seems to have stalled there, too, but maybe it could be useful anyway!

@Currrupted commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2024): Hello! I have recently started using floccus, it is very useful for me, I'm so glad something like this exists! However, I cannot really use it for all my bookmarks, as all bookmarks I have had locally use tags... It seems like there isn't any real development from Firefox' side... Would it be possible to use something like this? https://github.com/azappella/webextension-experiment-tags Development seems to have stalled there, too, but maybe it could be useful anyway!

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@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2024):

Hi @Currrupted
Thank you for weighing in on this. The project you mentioned is only available for Nightly or unbranded Beta releases of Firefox, sadly. This will not help much, I think. Mozilla are working to improve things, as far as I can see, but one step at a time, as they have little resources.

@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2024): Hi @Currrupted Thank you for weighing in on this. The project you mentioned is only available for Nightly or unbranded Beta releases of Firefox, sadly. This will not help much, I think. Mozilla are working to improve things, as far as I can see, but one step at a time, as they have little resources.

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@mortee commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2025):

I would like to see this implemented, too!

@mortee commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2025): I would like to see this implemented, too!

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@dgudim commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2025):

Just set up syncing with floccus and saw that the tags are not syncchronised. And found this issue. I hope folks at Mozilla implement it sometime...

@dgudim commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2025): Just set up syncing with floccus and saw that the tags are not syncchronised. And found this issue. I hope folks at Mozilla implement it sometime...

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@redactedscribe commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2025):

The middle-ground I've found is to append tags to bookmark titles and then forget about Firefox tags altogether. The added benefit is that if you ever use / sync your bookmarks in / to Chrome, your pseudo-tags will come with them too (Chrome doesn't support tags). Plus, after adoption of this system, you can continue to append "tags" to bookmark titles ("My Bookmark [tag 1; tag 2]"). Cross-browser and most of the benefit.

@redactedscribe commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2025): The middle-ground I've found is to [append tags to bookmark titles](https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/qseq3u/is_there_any_way_to_export_bookmark_tags_to/) and then forget about Firefox tags altogether. The added benefit is that if you ever use / sync your bookmarks in / to Chrome, your pseudo-tags will come with them too (Chrome doesn't support tags). Plus, after adoption of this system, you can continue to append "tags" to bookmark titles ("My Bookmark [tag 1; tag 2]"). Cross-browser and most of the benefit.

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@dgudim commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2025):

Yeah, I thought about that. One drawback with that is that if you are syncing with a system that supports tags, you will have 0 tags there with no autocomplete and other stuff.

Is it possible for floccus to maybe support this way (convert tags from titles into native tags for the sync platform and vice-versa)

@dgudim commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2025): Yeah, I thought about that. One drawback with that is that if you are syncing with a system that supports tags, you will have 0 tags there with no autocomplete and other stuff. Is it possible for floccus to maybe support this way (convert tags from titles into native tags for the sync platform and vice-versa)

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