# Karakeep v0.33.1 — 0.33.1

- Product: Karakeep (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/karakeep)
- Vendor: Karakeep
- Date: 2026-08-01
- Version: v0.33.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/releases/tag/v0.33.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/karakeep/releases/v0.33.1

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- **added** — Semantic search mode using embeddings to find bookmarks by meaning instead of exact keywords
- **added** — Hybrid search mode that combines full text and semantic search results
- **added** — Readable content API endpoint to retrieve bookmark article content as markdown or plain text
- **added** — Offline reading on mobile app with ability to save articles for offline viewing
- **added** — Recent cache on mobile that persists bookmark lists, tags, and highlights for 7 days of offline access
- **added** — New compact list layout for mobile app bookmarks
- **added** — Bookmark sorting by newest-first or oldest-first on mobile
- **added** — Clipboard entry in mobile app to save items from clipboard in one tap
- **added** — Smarter auto-tagging using embeddings to suggest semantically similar bookmark tags
- **added** — Automatic detection and opt-out of consent dialogs and GDPR cookie banners during page crawling
- **added** — MCP server expanded from 8 to 29 tools including list CRUD, tag CRUD, highlights, delete-bookmark, and get-asset
- **added** — CRAWLER_PREFLIGHT_USER_AGENT option to set user agent for preflight HTTP requests
- **changed** — Default mobile app layout changed from card layout to compact list layout
- **changed** — Default OpenAI model changed from gpt-4.1-mini to gpt-5.6-luna
- **changed** — Re-saving an existing bookmark now un-archives it and bumps it to the top of the list instead of showing already exists message
- **changed** — Bookmark previews now assess article quality for Reader View and default to page-overview panel for non-article content
- **changed** — Crawled page metadata extraction now uses pre-flight HTTP request results for faster metadata appearance
- **changed** — Mobile app bookmark management sheet now includes favourite, archive, share and highlights actions instead of just delete

#### 0.33.1

Welcome to the `0.33` release of Karakeep! The headline of this release is **semantic search**. Karakeep can now generate embeddings for your bookmarks, letting you search by meaning instead of exact keywords (and making auto-tagging noticeably more consistent along the way). The mobile app gets **offline reading**, so you can save articles to your device and read them on a plane, along with new layouts, sorting, and one-tap clipboard saving. **Cookie and GDPR consents** should be something of the past with this release (finally). Plus a big batch of crawler, security and performance fixes.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release: @esimkowitz, @joestump, @zerone0x, @ElectricTea, @optix2000, @thiswillbeyourgithub, @jcgoodwin86, @InventorB, @VrtxOmega, @pike00, @KayMi, @TanishValesha, @mahirhir, @moduvoice, @eviaaaaa, @archit-goyal, @CertStone, and everyone who shipped code, triaged bugs, or shared feedback.

*Note: the changes mentioned here for the extension and mobile releases will need to go through the different store (apple, google, mozilla) reviews. So it might take a couple of days until all of them are released.*

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#### New Features 🚀

* **Semantic Search** (#2959, #2960) - Search is no longer limited to exact keyword matching. There are now three search modes, switchable from a dropdown in the search bar:
  * `Full text` - the existing keyword search (still the default).
  * `Semantic` [Experimental] - pure meaning-based search powered by embeddings. Searching for "how to make coffee" will find your espresso bookmarks even if they never use those words.
  * `Hybrid` [Experimental] - fuses the results of both.
  * The new mode is also available in the API, MCP and CLI which is going to be the most useful with agents.
  * Semantic search is still new and experimental, so results might not be super accurate yet, but it's a start.
  * ⚠️ Semantic search requires embeddings to be enabled, read the upgrade notes for details about how to enable them.
* **Smarter auto-tagging using embeddings** (#2858) - When tagging a new bookmark, Karakeep now looks up semantically similar bookmarks and feeds their existing tags into the LLM prompt as suggestions. The result is a lot less tag sprawl (no more `k8s`, `kubernetes` and `Kubernetes` all coexisting). This also requires embeddings to be enabled, read the upgrade notes for details about how them.
* **Cleaner saved pages** (#2973): the crawler now detects common consent dialogs (cookies and GDPR) and automatically opts out before capturing the article, screenshot and PDF.
* **Offline reading on mobile** (#2957) - The mobile app can now work without a connection:
  * **Save articles for offline**: from a bookmark's "…" menu, pick *Make available offline*. The full article is downloaded and kept on device until you remove it.
  * **Recent cache**: everything you browse (bookmark lists, tags, lists, highlights) is now persisted for 7 days, so recently visited screens still open when you're offline.
* **Mobile app improvements**:
  * **New layouts** (#2837): switch between the existing card layout and a new compact list layout. *Note: the default is now the list layout.*
  * **Sorting** (#2777): sort your bookmarks newest-first or oldest-first (overdue, sorry!).
  * **Save from clipboard** (#2868): a new *Clipboard* entry in the "+" menu saves whatever is in your clipboard in one tap. Thanks @InventorB!
  * The manage bookmark sheet now has favourite, arc

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