Memex AlternativesBookmark Managers & Read It Later Tools like Memex

Memex is described as 'A reading app that keeps you in the flow of your online reading & research. Save, annotate, share & collaborate without leaving your tab' and is a very popular bookmark manager in the web browsers category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Memex for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Google Chrome, iPhone, Mac and iPad apps. The best Memex alternative is Raindrop.io, which is free. Other great apps like Memex are wallabag, Karakeep, Floccus and Curi.ooo.

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  1. Raindrop.io icon

    Raindrop.io

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    Capture and organize bookmarks and associated content like articles, photos, and more with Raindrop.io. Enjoy real-time collaboration, privacy focus, web clipper, and sync across devices without ads.

    176 Raindrop.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • Raindrop.io is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Memex.

    • Raindrop.io is the most popular free alternative to Memex.

    • Raindrop.io is Freemium and ProprietaryMemex is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • Raindrop.io is Customizable and Privacy focusedMemex is not according to our users
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    wallabag

     305 likes
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    Open-source, self-hosted service that extracts article content for comfortable viewing, offers responsive offline access on multiple devices, supports import from popular tools, multilingual options, filters, classification, and downloads in many formats.

    97 wallabag alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • wallabag is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Memex.

    • wallabag is the most popular Open Source alternative to Memex.

    • wallabag is Freemium and Open SourceMemex is Freemium and Proprietary
    • wallabag is Privacy focused, Lightweight and CustomizableMemex is not according to our users
  4. Karakeep icon

    Karakeep

     77 likes
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    Self-hostable, open-source tool for organizing bookmarks, notes, and images with automatic AI tagging, full-text search, Chrome plugin, web dark mode, and iOS support planned. Fetches titles and descriptions, sorts by lists, and is designed for privacy-focused users.

    86 Karakeep alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  6. Floccus icon

    Floccus

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    Sync your bookmarks privately across browsers and devices.

    52 Floccus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Nextcloud
    • Google Drive
    • F-Droid
    • Brave
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    Diigo

     305 likes
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    Save web resources, annotate pages and PDFs, highlight and add sticky notes, organize collections with Outliner, sync across devices, filter by tags and folders, share with groups, and access advanced search and flexible privacy for individual or collaborative research projects.

    124 Diigo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  10. Fabric Internet OS icon

    Fabric Internet OS

     36 likes
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    Comprehensive AI-powered storage system featuring semantic search, automatic data organization, syncing across devices, collaborative workspaces, annotation for files and websites, real-time sharing, direct linking, and integration of drives, links, and notes.

    43 Fabric Internet OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Google Chrome
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  11. InfoFlow icon

    InfoFlow

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    Privacy-focused read-it-later tool offering local-first data storage, offline full-text search, and seamless device syncing. Organize with folders, tags, and notes. Supports Omnivore data import, stores local copies to prevent 404 errors, and ensures privacy control.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    screenpipe

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    Provides local 24/7 screen and microphone recording for offline AI use, supporting automation, knowledge extraction, and custom workflows. Ensures full data privacy, works with Ollama, enables JavaScript plugin integration in a sandboxed environment, and lets users own their information.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    LinkAce

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    LinkAce is meant to provide a long-term archive of links to websites, media files or anything else which has a valid URL. Store interesting articles, neat web tools or libraries you may use sometime in the future.

    109 LinkAce alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  14. MarkMark icon

    MarkMark

     20 likes
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    MarkMark is a brand new app designed to help you collect and organize articles, websites, and all kinds of web pages. It's not just a bookmarks app or a read-it-later app, but goes beyond these functionalities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  15. Hypothes.is icon

    Hypothes.is

     63 likes
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    Annotate with anyone, anywhere Our mission is to bring a new layer to the web. Use Hypothes.is to discuss, collaborate, organize your research, or take personal notes.

    19 Hypothes.is alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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