Do my collections survive the move?

Yes. Raindrop writes each collection into the HTML export as a folder, and Cowpin turns every collection - including nested sub-collections - into a tag. The organisation you built comes with you instead of being flattened into one pile.

Should I export as HTML or CSV?

HTML. Cowpin reads the standard Netscape HTML bookmark format directly, and that is what Raindrop's HTML export is. A Raindrop CSV is a different, non-standard layout that Cowpin does not recognise, so it would import nothing - use HTML.

What happens to my highlights and annotations?

Raindrop's HTML export does not include highlights, so they cannot come across from that file. Your notes and excerpts do - they arrive as each bookmark's blurb. From here on Cowpin keeps its own highlights and annotations on the archived text of pages you save.

Do I need Raindrop Pro or an API key?

No. Exporting HTML is available on the free plan, and the whole migration is that one file uploaded in your browser. Nothing to install and no key to generate.

Can I get my bookmarks back out later?

Any time, as JSON, Netscape HTML or del.icio.us XML. If Cowpin ever stops being the right home for your bookmarks, your library leaves with you.

Raindrop.io to Cowpin

Moving off Raindrop? Bring your collections, tags and notes - not just the links.

Export one HTML file from Raindrop and upload it as-is. Cowpin turns every collection into a tag, keeps the tags you already added, and carries your notes and excerpts across as each save's blurb.

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Free during beta, and you can export everything back out - as JSON, HTML or XML - whenever you want.

How the move works

1
Export from Raindrop
In the Raindrop web app, open Settings then Export and choose HTML - the standard Netscape bookmark format. You get one file containing every collection, tag, note and save date. A free Raindrop account can do this; you do not need Pro.
2
Create a free Cowpin account
Sign up with Google or an email address. No card, no waiting list.
3
Upload the HTML file
Open Settings, then Bookmarks, then Import, and drop the file in. There is no conversion step - Cowpin recognises the format and reads it directly.

What comes across

Raindrop's HTML export is a standard bookmark file. Here is exactly what survives the move.

Every saved link and its title
Each collection - including nested sub-collections - kept as a Cowpin tag
The tags you already added in Raindrop stay as tags
Notes and excerpts arrive as the bookmark's blurb
Original save dates, so your library keeps its real history
Nothing is sent to Raindrop or anyone else - the file goes straight from your browser to your Cowpin account

The honest version

Raindrop.io is not shutting down, and it is a genuinely good product - polished apps on every platform, a generous free tier, and a visual, collection-and-cover-image way of organising links that nothing here tries to copy. If that is what you like, stay. People move for their own reasons: a flat tag space instead of a folder tree, an open Pinboard-compatible API to script their library, full-text search that is not behind a paywall, or simply wanting a reading list they can always get out of. Two things do not come across in Raindrop's HTML export: cover images (Cowpin is text-first and has none) and highlights (the HTML file does not include them - Raindrop's CSV does, but Cowpin reads the HTML format, not that CSV). Cowpin archives a readable copy of every page you save from here on, and you can archive an imported link on demand.

Questions Raindrop users ask

Give your bookmarks a home you can always leave

One HTML file, your collections and notes intact, and an export button that always works.

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