Import on Arivu

Research Has More Shape Now

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Saved knowledge gets more useful when it has shape.

A bookmark is a source. A note is context. A task is an open loop. But real research also has projects, people, books, meetings, decisions, and threads that unfold over time. Those things show up again and again, but they do not always fit cleanly into a tag or a folder.

This update adds that missing layer. Arivu can now turn saved material into typed research objects, bring documents and transcripts into the same note workflow, trace topics across time, and keep recent knowledge readable when the network drops.

Your Knowledge, Yours to Keep

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A second brain is only trustworthy if you can walk out with everything in it. This update makes Arivu’s data flow both ways: richer imports on the way in, and real, portable exports on the way out. Since then, imports and backups have grown to include documents, transcripts, and knowledge objects too. Along the way, capture got easier and search got a single source of truth.

Context, 2026-07-13: Installer-managed host backups now include the SQLite snapshot and adjacent asset store, plus a versioned size/hash manifest that restore verifies. Full JSON remains the portable account-level export and restore format described below.

Arivu From the Terminal

Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Arivu started as a web app and browser extension because that is where most bookmarking happens. But a second brain should not disappear the moment you leave the browser. Research, writing, operations work, and development all move through the terminal too.

The new Arivu CLI brings the same intelligence layer to command-line workflows. You can save links, search by meaning, inspect bookmarks, import exports, check reading stats, manage local profiles, explore graph connections, and boot a local Arivu stack without switching context.

Your X Bookmarks, Finally Useful

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Historical note, July 2026: X bookmark sync remains optional and depends on X API access. X text is authoritative evidence for the post, while a linked article is separate evidence used only after successful extraction. Metadata-only or failed extraction does not support generated claims, and unsupported derived material stays out of Graph and analytical Insights. Imported items otherwise remain in the broader second-brain loop, and AI enrichment is provider-optional.

You bookmark tweets. A lot of them. A thread on system design, a link to a blog post about pricing strategy, someone’s take on a paper you want to read later. They pile up in X’s bookmarks tab: a flat, unsearchable list with no summaries, no tags, no way to connect ideas.

Bring Your Bookmarks

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Historical note, July 2026: This was Arivu’s first import story. Imports have since expanded beyond the original HTML, CSV, and plain-text focus to include Arivu JSON backups, OPML, RSS/Atom feeds, URL-bearing CSV/TSV files, and service exports such as Readwise or Kindle-style tables where URLs can be mapped. See Your Knowledge, Yours to Keep and Import & Export for the current import and export model.

Welcome to the first Arivu Chronicle.

We’re starting with something that matters: getting your bookmarks out of wherever they’re stuck.