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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.

1 General
2 Operating system support
3 Syncable Browsers
4 Syncable Items
5 Features
6 Discontinued browser synchronizers
7 See also

[edit] General

Client	Creator	Cost	Software license	FOSS	Homepage	actual Release
BookKit	BookKit Team	Free	Proprietary	No	[1]	1.0.2, 1.2.1
Bookmark Base	Bookmark Base team	$29.95	Proprietary	No	[2]	3.0.0.4
BookmarkSync	Jack Dean	Free	Proprietary	No	[3]	2.3.2
Bookmark Sync and Sort	rhaebuster	Free	?	?	[4]	1.0.7
Chipmark	University of Minnesota Undergraduates	Free	GPL	Yes	[5]	3.2
Foxmarks	Foxmarks LLC	Free	Proprietary	No	[6]	2.0.46.9
Link Commander	Resort Labs	$29.95	Proprietary	No	[7]	4.1.0.954
Network Menus	Network Ltd.	Free	Proprietary	No	[8]	0.80
Opera Link	Opera Software	Free	Proprietary	No	[9]	9.62 (Opera), 4.1 (Opera Mini)
oSync	Henrik Olsson	Free	GPL	Yes	[10]	1.0.1
Portable Bookmarks	Resort Labs	$24.95	Proprietary	No	[11]	1.0.0.208
Power Favorites	Mark Stone	$19.95	Proprietary	No	[12]	1.0.0
SyncBookmarks	StellarFlare	$14.95	Proprietary	No	[13]	1.02
Weave	Mozilla Foundation	Free	Mozilla Public License	Yes	[14]	0.2.6
xbelSync	Tiberius Duluman	Free	GPL	Yes	[15]	0.7.5
Zinkmo	Michael Hardy, Robert Senoff	Free	Proprietary	No	[16]	Beta
Client	Creator	Cost	Software license	FOSS	Homepage	actual Release

[edit] Operating system support

Client	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	Unix	other
BookKit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Bookmark Base	Yes	No	No	No	No
BookmarkSync	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Bookmark Sync and Sort	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Chipmark	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Foxmarks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Link Commander	Yes	No	No	No	No
Network Menus	Yes	No	No	No	No
Opera Link	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
oSync	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Portable Bookmarks	Yes	No	No	No	No
Power Favorites	Yes	No	No	No	No
SyncBookmarks	Yes	No	No	No	No
Weave	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
xbelSync	Yes	No	No	No	No
Zinkmo	Yes	No	No	No	No
Client	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	Unix	other

[edit] Syncable Browsers

Client	Internet Explorer	Mozilla Firefox	Opera	Safari	Mozilla Application Suite	Netscape	other
BookKit	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Netscape Navigator
Bookmark Base	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	K-meleon, Maxthon, Seamonkey
BookmarkSync	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	IE for Mac
Bookmark Sync and Sort	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Chipmark	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Foxmarks	No(Beta)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Link Commander	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Network Menus	Yes	No(early Alpha)	No	No	No	No	No
Opera Link	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Opera Mini, Opera Mobile
oSync	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Opera Mini
Portable Bookmarks	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Power Favorites	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Google Chrome
SyncBookmarks	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Seamonkey
Weave	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
xbelSync	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Zinkmo	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Client	Internet Explorer	Mozilla Firefox	Opera	Safari	Mozilla Application Suite	Netscape	other

[edit] Syncable Items

Client	Bookmarks	Notes	Personal Bar	typed History	Newsfeeds	Speeddial	Searchengines	Password	other
BookKit	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bookmark Base	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BookmarkSync	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bookmark Sync and Sort	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Chipmark	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Foxmarks	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Link Commander	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Network Menus	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Opera Link	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
oSync	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Portable Bookmarks	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Power Favorites	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SyncBookmarks	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Weave	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	cookies, tabs, saved forms
xbelSync	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zinkmo	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Client	Bookmarks	Notes	Personal Bar	typed History	Newsfeeds	Speeddial	Searchengines	Password	other

[edit] Features

Client	Encrypted storage	server changeing	webbased UI	exporting	Link Verification	Duplicate Link Checker	Notes
BookKit	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
Bookmark Base	Yes	?	?	XBEL	Yes	Yes	bookmark editor, different browser
BookmarkSync	No	?	?	?	?	?	-
Bookmark Sync and Sort	No	?	?	?	?	?	-
Chipmark	No	?	?	?	?	?	-
Foxmarks	No*	?	No	?	?	?	-
Link Commander	No	?	?	XBEL	?	?	-
Network Menus	No	?	?	?	?	?	-
Opera Link	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	-
oSync	?	?	?	?	?	?	-
Portable Bookmarks	Yes	?	?	XBEL	?	?	-
Power Favorites	Yes	?	?	XBEL	Yes	Yes	-
SyncBookmarks	No	?	?	XBEL	?	?	-
Weave	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	-
xbelSync	No	?	?	XBEL	?	?	-
Zinkmo	No	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	-
Client	Encrypted storage	server changeing	webbased UI	exporting	Link Verification	Duplicate Link Checker	Notes

only traffic, not storage encrypted, see : http://wiki.foxmarks.com/wiki/Foxmarks:_Frequently_Asked_Questions#Is_encryption_supported.3F

[edit] Discontinued 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.
Google Browser Sync - No longer being actively developed and support will end for current versions at the end of 2008. Unavailable for download. It does not work with Firefox 3.