The Best Open Source Pocket AlternativesTop Bookmark Managers & Read It Later Tools like Pocket

The best open source alternative to Pocket is wallabag. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Pocket and 18 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Pocket are Karakeep, Obsidian Web Clipper, ArchiveBox and Linkwarden.

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  1. wallabag icon

    wallabag

     319 likes

    wallabag has many of the features that Pocket has and is a great and totally free alternative. The reading experience is clean and free from distractions. What makes it even more attractive is the fact that it’s open source and can be self-hosted, which makes it a good solution if you value privacy. If you need hosting, wallabag offers a competitive price for only €9 per year. With migration tools for Pocket, Instapaper, and more, existing users of those services can switch quickly to wallabag. There are apps and plugins for many operating systems, RSS readers, and browsers, but their quality is not always equal. There’s an API so developers can build their own apps or get involved in the open source project.

    137 wallabag alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • European Union flagEU
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  2. Karakeep icon

    Karakeep

     98 likes

    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.

    128 Karakeep alternatives

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  4. Obsidian Web Clipper icon

    Obsidian Web Clipper

     48 likes

    Obsidian Web Clipper saves web content into your personal vault, ensuring offline access. Use customizable templates, smart triggers, and select page content to clip. Preserves data in Markdown, providing a secure, private, and durable format for organizing linked notes.

    65 Obsidian Web Clipper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • US flagUnited States
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  5. ArchiveBox icon

    ArchiveBox

     88 likes

    Self-hosted archiving platform storing web content as HTML, PDFs, screenshots, media, and WARC files; imports links from bookmarks, RSS, or files; supports browser history, complex sites, JSON indexing, Git repo archiving, regular scheduling, and offline browsing.

    70 ArchiveBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • US flagUnited States
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  6. Linkwarden icon

    Linkwarden

     58 likes

    A fully self-hostable, open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages.

    86 Linkwarden alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • CA flagCanada
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  8. Curio icon

    Curio

     33 likes

    Capture web links and newsletters, organize articles with tags, notes, and highlights, search a personal library, and read clean text online or offline in a focused Markdown viewer. Planned features include AI summaries, PDF extraction, and mobile apps.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • US flagUnited States
    Dashboard on mobile
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  9. Readeck icon

    Readeck

     14 likes

    A simple web application that lets you save the precious readable content of web pages you like and want to keep forever.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
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  10. Shiori Android Client icon

    Shiori Android Client

     20 likes

    Shiori is an innovative bookmark management application that revolutionizes the way users save, organize, and access their favorite web pages. Built upon the robust Shiori platform, Shiori offers a seamless experience across all devices.

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    • Android
    • ES flagSpain
    • European Union flagEU
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  11. LinkAce icon

    LinkAce

     37 likes

    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.

    122 LinkAce alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
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    Tab Stash

     20 likes

    Tab Stash is a no-fuss way to save and organize batches of tabs as bookmarks. Sweep your browser clean with one click of the Tab Stash icon. Your open tabs will be stashed away in your bookmarks, conveniently organized into groups.

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    • Mozilla Firefox
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  13. Brace.to icon

    Brace.to

     21 likes

    Your bookmark manager with privacy at heart. Brace.to helps you save links to everything and visit them later easily, anytime, on any of your devices. Powered by Stacks technology, all your saved links are encrypted, and only you can decrypt them and see the content inside.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • TH flagThailand
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  14. Shiori Bookmark Manager icon

    Shiori Bookmark Manager

     18 likes

    Shiori is a simple bookmarks manager written in Go language. Intended as a simple clone of Pocket. You can use it as command line application or as web application. This application is distributed as a single binary, which means it can be installed and used easily.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
    • ID flagIndonesia
    Shiori Bookmark Manager screenshot 1
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