Wallabag

Open-source alternative to Pocket and Instapaper. A read-it-later service you can host yourself, with clean article extraction and tagging.

A quiet, owned reading queue for people who miss the original simplicity of Pocket.

At a glance

ReplacesPocket, Instapaper
Open-source licenseMIT
PrivacySaved reading history and article copies stay with your chosen host.
Lightweight signalFocused capture and reading without recommendation feeds.
Community healthMature long-running project
PlatformsWeb, Android, iOS, Self-hosted
Privacy advantage

Saved reading history and article copies stay with your chosen host.

Less bloat

Focused capture and reading without recommendation feeds.

Trust signal

Mature long-running project. Verify current releases and open issues in the source repository before critical deployment.

Should you switch to Wallabag?

A quiet, owned reading queue for people who miss the original simplicity of Pocket. A successful migration starts with a small real project, not a feature checklist. Test the files, integrations, shortcuts, and collaboration steps you use every week before removing the existing tool.

Open source gives you inspectable code and a path away from vendor lock-in, but it does not eliminate tradeoffs. Support may be community-led, some commercial file formats may be imperfect, and self-hosted options require security updates and backups. Use the official website and source repository above to confirm current compatibility.

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