Convert a bookmarks HTML file to JSON

Updated 18 October 2026

The Netscape bookmark format that browsers export is awkward to parse. Drop the file here and download the same tree as tidy JSON, ready for a script, a database or another app.

The JSON you get

An array of nodes. Folders have type, title, added and children; links have type, title, url and, when the export has them, added, tags (an array) and description.

[
  {
    "type": "folder",
    "title": "Bookmarks bar",
    "children": [
      { "type": "link", "title": "Example", "url": "https://example.com/", "added": "2024-03-01 09:30:00" }
    ]
  }
]

Dates are UTC in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. Favicons are dropped to keep the file small.

Export your bookmarks from Chrome first

1. Open chrome://bookmarks (Ctrl+Shift+O, or Cmd+Option+B on a Mac).
2. Click the three-dot menu at the top right and choose Export bookmarks.
3. Save the .html file, then drop it into the box above.

Edge, Firefox, Safari, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi export the same kind of file. The full walkthrough, with backups, is in how to export Chrome bookmarks; for the others see Edge, Firefox, Safari, Brave and Opera.

Already have Chrome’s own Bookmarks file?

Chrome keeps bookmarks in a JSON file named Bookmarks in your profile folder. Its layout is Chrome-specific, with dates counted in microseconds since 1601. To turn it into an importable HTML file, use the Chrome Bookmarks file converter.