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Cards, stacks, and lists: what's the difference?

The three building blocks of Stacklist, explained once so you don't have to re-learn them.

Written by Kyle Hudson

Stacklist is built from three things. Learn them once and you've learned most of the product.

Cards

A card is a saved link. Any URL — a restaurant page, a product, an article, a YouTube video, an Airbnb listing. When you save a link, Stacklist pulls in the title, description, and image automatically. You can keep that as-is or customize with your own notes, tags, and image.

A card lives in one or more stacks. The same card can appear in "Restaurants to try" and "Date night ideas" at the same time.

Stacks

A stack is a collection of cards grouped around a theme. Think chapter, not library.

  • "Best Food in Austin" — a curated guide for locals and visitors

  • "Design references I keep coming back to" — for your own work

  • "Reading list" — articles saved to read later

Stacks can be private (just for you), public (anyone with the link), or shared with a specific set of people.

Lists

A list is a group of related stacks organized under a broader category. If stacks are chapters, lists are the book.

A list called "New York Favorites" might contain stacks like "Restaurants," "Things to Do," and "Places to Stay" — each stack full of cards.

Lists are available on paid plans. See Stacklist plans for the details.

How they fit together

The structure goes bottom-up:

  1. Cards hold individual links.

  2. Stacks group cards by theme.

  3. Lists group stacks by broader category.

Start with one card. The rest follows naturally.

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