Linkwise - Personal Link Aggregator

A minimalist web app to save and categorize web links with automatic article summarization and tag generation using AI.

This version uses:

• ✅ SQLite for database (no external DB service needed)
• ✅ Flask-Login for authentication (no Firebase/Supabase)
• ✅ Session-based auth (simple cookies)
• ✅ Single file deployment ready

Features

• 🔐 Built-in email/password authentication
• 📝 Automatic article content extraction
• 🤖 AI-powered summaries and tags using Gemini API
• 🔍 Real-time search and filtering
• 📱 Responsive design
• 🚀 Deploy anywhere (Railway, Render, Fly.io, etc.)

Tech Stack

Frontend:

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Vanilla)

Backend:

• Python Flask
• Flask-Login (session-based auth)
• SQLite (embedded database)
• BeautifulSoup4 (article parsing)
• Google Gemini API (AI summaries)

Quick Start (Local Development)

1. Clone the repository

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Get Gemini API Key:

   • Go to Google AI Studio and create an API key

4. Set environment variables:

   export GEMINI_API_KEY='your-gemini-api-key'
   export SECRET_KEY='your-random-secret-key'  # Any random string

5. Run the app:

   python app.py

6. Access at: http://localhost:8080

The SQLite database (linkwise.db) will be created automatically in the project directory.