bye-toby

Migrate all your bookmarks from Toby Chrome extension to native Chrome bookmarks.

Why?

Toby stores your bookmarks in its own cloud service, making them inaccessible outside the extension. This tool converts a Toby JSON export into Chrome's native bookmark format, so you can access them directly from Chrome's bookmark bar — no extension needed.

Install

npm install -g bye-toby

Or use without installing:

npx bye-toby <toby-export.json>

Usage

1. Export from Toby

1. Open Toby in Chrome (new tab)
2. Go to Organization Settings (bottom left)
3. Click Export next to "Export Data"
4. Choose JSON format and save the file

2. Close Chrome

Chrome must be closed before running the tool — it needs to write directly to Chrome's bookmarks file.

3. Run

bye-toby toby-export.json

If you have multiple Chrome profiles, the tool will ask you to choose. You can also list profiles or specify one directly:

# List available profiles
bye-toby --list-profiles

# Specify a profile
bye-toby toby-export.json --profile Default

4. Open Chrome

Your Toby collections will appear under a "Toby Import" folder in the bookmarks bar. Each Toby collection becomes a subfolder.

Backup & Restore

A backup of your original bookmarks is automatically saved as Bookmarks.bye-toby-backup in your Chrome profile directory before any changes are made.

To restore, close Chrome and copy the backup file back:

# macOS
cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks.bye-toby-backup \
   ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks

# Linux
cp ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Bookmarks.bye-toby-backup \
   ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Bookmarks

# Windows (PowerShell)
Copy-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks.bye-toby-backup" `
          "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks"

Supported Platforms

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

Supported Export Formats

• Organization export ({ groups: [{ lists: [...] }] })
• Account export ({ lists: [...] })
• Individual collection export (array of lists)

License

MIT