ASIMOV Chromium Module

ASIMOV module for Chromium (and Brave, Google Chrome, etc.) bookmark import.

✨ Features

Extracts bookmarks from Chromium-based browsers (Chromium, Brave, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, and others).
Constructs a semantic knowledge graph based on the KNOW ontology.
Supports RDF linked data output in the form of JSON-LD.
Distributed as a standalone static binary with zero runtime dependencies.

🛠️ Prerequisites

Rust 1.85+ (2024 edition) if building from source code

⬇️ Installation

Installation with the ASIMOV CLI

asimov module install chromium -v

Installation from Source Code

cargo install asimov-chromium-module

👉 Examples

Import of Browser Bookmarks

Importing bookmarks from Chromium

asimov-chromium-lister chromium://bookmarks
asimov-chromium-lister chromium://bookmarks/Profile\ 1

Importing bookmarks from Chrome

asimov-chromium-lister chrome://bookmarks
asimov-chromium-lister chrome://bookmarks/Default

Importing bookmarks from Brave

asimov-chromium-lister brave://bookmarks
asimov-chromium-lister brave://bookmarks/Profile\ 2

Importing bookmarks from Microsoft Edge

asimov-chromium-lister edge://bookmarks
asimov-chromium-lister edge://bookmarks/Profile\ 1

Importing bookmarks from Arc

asimov-chromium-lister arc://bookmarks
asimov-chromium-lister arc://bookmarks/Default
asimov-chromium-lister arc://bookmarks/Profile1

Note: For Arc profiles with spaces, use the format without spaces (e.g., Profile1 instead of Profile 1). The tool automatically formats them internally.

Import of Bookmarks Files

Parsing bookmarks files on macOS

asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Chromium/Profile\ 1/Bookmarks
asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Profile\ 1/Bookmarks
asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Bookmarks
asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft\ Edge/Profile\ 1/Bookmarks
asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Profile\ 1/Bookmarks
asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Arc/StorableSidebar.json

Parsing bookmarks files on Linux

asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/.config/chromium/Profile\ 1/Bookmarks
asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/.config/google-chrome/Profile\ 1/Bookmarks
asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Bookmarks
asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/.config/microsoft-edge/Profile\ 1/Bookmarks
asimov-chromium-reader < $HOME/.config/Arc/StorableSidebar.json

Parsing bookmarks files on Windows

Get-Content "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Chromium\User Data\Profile 1\Bookmarks" | asimov-chromium-reader
Get-Content "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Bookmarks" | asimov-chromium-reader
Get-Content "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Bookmarks" | asimov-chromium-reader
Get-Content "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Profile 1\Bookmarks" | asimov-chromium-reader
Get-Content "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Arc\User Data\Default\StorableSidebar.json" | asimov-chromium-reader

⚙ Configuration

This module requires no configuration.

📚 Reference

Command-Line Interface

asimov-chromium-lister: lists bookmarks from Chromium-based browsers
asimov-chromium-reader: parses bookmarks from Chromium Bookmarks files

`asimov-chromium-lister`

$ asimov-chromium-lister --help
asimov-chromium-lister

Usage: asimov-chromium-lister [OPTIONS] <URL>

Arguments:
  <URL>  The browser bookmarks URL to list (e.g., `chrome://bookmarks`, `brave://bookmarks/2`)

Options:
  -d, --debug            Enable debugging output
      --license          Show license information
  -v, --verbose...       Enable verbose output (may be repeated for more verbosity)
  -V, --version          Print version information
  -o, --output <FORMAT>  The output format
  -h, --help             Print help

`asimov-chromium-reader`

$ asimov-chromium-reader --help
asimov-chromium-reader

Usage: asimov-chromium-reader [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -d, --debug            Enable debugging output
      --license          Show license information
  -v, --verbose...       Enable verbose output (may be repeated for more verbosity)
  -V, --version          Print version information
  -o, --output <FORMAT>  The output format
  -h, --help             Print help

👨‍💻 Development

git clone https://github.com/asimov-modules/asimov-chromium-module.git

asimov-chromium-module

Development

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