Pocket alternative

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.one/post/168513

Does anyone have any good experience with a self-hosted getpocket.com alternative? I've heard about wallabag but I'm hoping to explore other options

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CrashingMonkies@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

I self-hosted Wallabag for a while. It's nothing fancy but has most of the basic functionality you would expect.

Wildfire6297@lemmy.one · 7 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I don’t use pocket like services myself but when I’m looking for alternatives I like to start at alternativeto.net. It’s a great tool for questions like this.

Here’s a query I did for Pocket for you: https://alternativeto.net/software/pocket/

lpchaim@lemmy.lpcha.im · 2 pts · 3y

Good shout, that site is a real lifesaver! I'd also like to throw SaaSHub and LibHunt into the mix, the latter is a bit more niche since it only does open source but it does have apps like Omnivore, one of the alternatives I suggested in another comment.

curioushom@lemmy.one · 5 pts · 3y (5 replies)

I've been very happy with https://omnivore.app. It's not quite fully self-hosted yet, they're working on it. But I prefer it over wallabag.

TwinTurbo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

I'm also not a fan of Wallabag, but Omnivore look excellent! Thanks for the suggestion!

vividspecter@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

No koreader support yet which is a deal breaker for me, but I'll keep an eye on it for sure.

curioushom@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Wasn't aware of koreader, thanks for sharing!

vividspecter@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

It's a nice improvement on Kobo e-ink readers in particular, with much better usage of space and lots of options for tweakers.

Annoying side note: I'm getting like 5 notifications from comment replies on Firefox desktop, I think it might be one for every tab. Think I'll disable that for now.

grumpyrico@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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cichy1173@szmer.info · 4 pts · 3y

Wallabag! I am using it for more than a year and it is great

epyon22@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 3y

Next cloud is very heavy for just this but the book marks plugin and floccus browser plugins do what I needed for pocket. I used it as a shared bookmark service and didn't really leverage the offline content.

Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y

I just finished setting up Wallabag and it's great. And it really shines with Miniflux RSS with it's dedicated "save to Wallabag" button. I love it. Omnivore is great too but I wanted self host so if they ever have the full version self host able, I'll check it out again.

johntash@eviltoast.org · 3 pts · 3y

Not exactly like Pocket, but I started using Linkding for basically a bookmark service. It has a browser extension and also an option to mark links as unread so that you can find them easier later. It works as a read later type of thing, but doesn't have offline sync etc.

midas@ymmel.nl · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Everytime I've tried such a thing the lack of proper mobile support stopped me. Most of my usage is mobile so having to copy paste urls to a webpage and save them doesn't really work for me.

curioushom@lemmy.one · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Both wallabag and omnivore.app have mobile sharing.

midas@ymmel.nl · 2 pts · 3y

Oh nice, adding them to my list to try soon

lpchaim@lemmy.lpcha.im · 2 pts · 3y

I've been using Omnivore for a good while now, not self hosting for now but there are instructions. The service itself works great and the UI/UX is really close to Pocket as far as I remember, although the Android client is still pretty barebones.
I haven't used it myself but Wallabag also seems to be a popular option.

untilyouarrived@lemmy.gtfo.social · 2 pts · 3y

Wallabag is what most people recommend, but I couldn't get on with it.

GalileoHumpkins@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 3y

If you're open to not self-hosting it, but the software still being open-source, Wallabag also has a hosted version: app.wallabag.it

I really recommend it, works great. Might consider hosting it myself somewhere in the future, but i also like that i can support the creators this way.

teclo@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 3y

I'm using Shiori as my Pocket replacement, seems to do what I need.