Alternatives to MZLA Pocket?

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/36985535

Alternatives to MZLA Pocket? - tchncs

Just learned that POCKET will shut down in July 2025. It is a great service to collect articles on various devices and read later on a tablet & offline. Which alternatives are out there?

Thanks everyone for your many replies! Week start out with wallabag and see where it will lead me.
wallabag.it - Read your articles later

Save web articles and read them later. While respecting your privacy. A service based on wallabag, an open source project.

I have no idea why the fucking docker instance refuses to work. I’ve tried so many times…

Post it! Let’s see what’s up.

I’ve been using the docker for ages but there was a SQL update command I had to do at one point (I didn’t RTFM) but other than that, smooth sailing.

Even has a Koreader plugin.

4 euros a month?! No thanks.
Its 4 EUR per 3 months or 11 EUR per year

Currently trying Readeck.

Karakeep is also popular, but doesn’t default to an article view which I prefer.

Wallabag looks good, but I had difficulty getting its docker setup

Here is a list

selfh.st/apps/?tag=Bookmarks

Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) is another popular one, although I haven’t tried it yet

Self-Hosted Software and Apps

A directory of self-hosted software and applications for easy browsing and discovery

selfh.st
I went with Readeck a few months ago. It’s a nice solution between the barebones ones and those that have all the features.
I ended up on Readeck as well, very sleek interface, perfect for sharing articles via public links, self-hosting it was very easy to set up.
I just set up Readeck today. I’ve never used pocket or anything of the sort but it’s already proving pretty useful. I tend to do a lot of 100%/platinum runs of various games and I’ve been tossing guide bookmarks in a folder for ages, this is a great way to sort those out
I use Readeck as well. My only complaint about Readeck is there really is no ‘one click, backup/export’ option. I kYou can, however, download all the zip files it makes along with the db, and transfer it to another server. I know you can import bookmarks and you can export the epub, but you can’t export all of your saves. At least I’ve never found a way beyond just downloading the full db and zips.
I use my note taking app with a specific tag for “read later”
Orgzly Revived | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Outliner for taking notes and managing to-do lists in Org-mode format

it’s not perfect, but i’ve just been gathering interesting links into my org roam notebook
I love my LinkWarden instance. I haven’t found it lacking for my needs, despite over 3000 links thus far
I’ve just started using linkwarden and love it as well. I chose it over Karakeep because it archives a copy of the page so it’s still accessible if the original page is modified or becomes inaccessible in the future.
I’ve mostly loved it too but I’d really like to have something that had lower RAM usage. I only have a few hundred entries and right now my container stack is using ~620Mb. Just seems rather high for what it’s doing/does. Are you finding the same kind of usage?

That’s definitely fair. I’ll admit its not the lightest on ram but it hasn’t gone crazy on me yet. With that said, I’m running if on a home lab k3s, and haven’t remotely flirted with running out of ram

I’m also using the hell out of it all the time, so I don’t mind it using what needs right now.

That makes more sense with that many links. Thanks for the response.

For bookmarking: raindrop.io

But it’s not self-hosted and I’m not sure it supports offline reading.

Raindrop.io — All in One Bookmark Manager

For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff

That sucks, I immediately wanted it. :(
It’s still worth using, IMO. They present themselves as very privacy respecting and technologically savvy. I can say after years of using it, it feels that way. They never get in my way and consistently release quality, stable updates.
It’s a downright dirty shame no devs have taken on Raindrop. It’s a slick little app.
raindrop.io won’t let you sign up if using a vpn

I really like karakeep.app.

I have it plugged into a local Ollama instance for automatic tagging of articles.

Karakeep - The Bookmark Everything App

Karakeep is the open-source bookmark manager for links, notes, and images. Automatically organize and tag your bookmarks with AI.

Karakeep
  • Readeck is kind of a ‘read it later’ app.
  • Karakeep is for saving data like web sites etc, that you’d like to preserve the content thereof.
  • LinkWarden is for links, bookmarks tho you can use it like Readeck.
  • Walabag: I’ve never used it but I’ve heard good things about it.

Others can be found here: openalternative.co/alternatives/pocket

Thank you for the nice summary!
LinkWarden also saves various archival copies of sites (as well as it can with anti-robot measures anyways)
I use and self-host linkding
linkding

A self-hosted bookmarking service that is designed to be minimal, fast and easy to set up.

linkding
I tried Hoarder (KaraKeep) & Linkwarden. Both excellent but I preferred the UI for Linkwarden, particularly on mobile, so I stuck with that - i found Hoarder awkward to edit thumbnails for example though things may have changed in KaraKeep. From Android perspective both have apps but I prefer to use browser plugin. With Linkwarden there’s some hoops to jump through on Android Firefox but it works perfectly once set up. Both excellent choices.
Kind of a piggyback on this -- is there a favoured "search my saved links from karakeep/linkwarden/hamster.io and show them first before feeding the search terms to google/bing/whatever" extension for your browser?