Self-Hosted Pocket Alternatives

Pocket is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted alternative is wallabag, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Pocket and 11 are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Pocket are Karakeep, ArchiveBox, Linkwarden and Curi.ooo.

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Pocket alternatives are mainly Bookmark Managers, but if you're looking for Read It Later Tools or Web Archiving Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Linux, Self-Hosted, Free, Open Source + Bookmark Manager, Text to Speech and EU. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Pocket.
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  1. wallabag icon

    wallabag

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    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.

    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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    Comments about wallabag as an Alternative to Pocket
    Top Positive Comment
    John Fastman
    25

    Wallabag is open-source (more trustworthy).

    Top Negative Comment
    intp
    7

    Wallabag might be a nice alternative for those looking to self-host their own data, but for most this will not be a realistic option, and thus, the cloud component will not be free.

    Kelson V
    Positive
    2

    Less polished than Pocket, but at least you know your reading choices aren't being used for a recommendation algorithm.

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    • Almost everyone thinks wallabag is a great Pocket alternative.

    • wallabag is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & iPhone alternative to Pocket.

    • wallabag is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pocket.

    • wallabag is Freemium and Open SourcePocket is Freemium and Proprietary
    • wallabag is Privacy focused, Lightweight and CustomizablePocket is not according to our users
  2. Karakeep icon

    Karakeep

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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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  4. ArchiveBox icon

    ArchiveBox

     81 likes
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    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.

    63 ArchiveBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  9. LinkAce icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Shiori Bookmark Manager icon

    Shiori Bookmark Manager

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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
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    Comments about Shiori Bookmark Manager as an Alternative to Pocket
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    Love it

    • lightweight (fast with Go)
    • very similar to Wallabag / Pocket
    • easy to install on server (self-hosting)
    • multi accounts easy managing
    • public links
    • archives
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    • Shiori Bookmark Manager is Free and Open SourcePocket is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Shiori Bookmark Manager is Privacy focusedPocket is not according to our users
  11. Nextcloud Bookmarks icon

    Nextcloud Bookmarks

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    This app provides you with a web interface for collecting and organizing bookmarks to the places on the web that are precious to you. You can browse and filter your bookmarks via tags and folders and by using the built-in search feature.

    52 Nextcloud Bookmarks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Nextcloud
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    HamsterBase

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    hamsterBase is a local-first,privacy first knowledge collector.

    Local first: all features available offline Privacy first: No data is collected.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  13. Faved icon

    Faved

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    Free open-source bookmark manager with customisable nested tags. Superfast and lightweight. All data is stored locally and secure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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