Jason Bowen 🇺🇦

For several years my work flow has been to have feeds in Feedly and save articles to Pocket to read later.

With @mozilla killing Pocket, I'm wondering if @wallabag would actually serve as a replacement for both.

I'd be curious to hear any comments or experiences from folks. I'll be trying it out this week regardless, but I'd still love any tips given what my work flow has been.
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#ReadItLater #rss #mozillapocket

Jun 16, 2025 at 4:51amWeb
Show threadJason Bowen 🇺🇦Jun 16, 2025

I really should thank @mozilla for giving me the final kick in the crotch to stop trusting anything I don't host myself.

The big one to switch over from will be self-hosting email. I'm planning to follow @mwl's Run Your Own Mail Server. That one will be a big leap. I'm currently using #migadu and they've been great, but I would like to be in total control of my data.

2/N

@wallabag

Show threadJason Bowen 🇺🇦Jun 16, 2025

@mozilla @mwl @wallabag
The next thing I need to do is find an independent browser I can use for most things. I've been using Netsurf more, but I'm definitely open to recommendations.

3/N=3

Show threadDr. JustinJun 16, 2025
@jbowen @mozilla I use @wallabag since many years (since the begenning). It's work !
Show threadJason Bowen 🇺🇦Jun 16, 2025

@justinmponcet
Do you use it both as an RSS feed aggregator and a read-it-later app? I'm wondering if I can replace both Feedly and Pocket.

@wallabag

Show threadDr. JustinJun 16, 2025
@jbowen @wallabag for rss, i use freshrss
Show threadJason Bowen 🇺🇦Jun 16, 2025

@justinmponcet @wallabag
It looks like there's a plugin to do exactly what I want!

https://github.com/Joedmin/xExtension-wallabag-button

There are some other "send to Pocket" plugins that could probably be switched over to Wallabag pretty easily.

GitHub - Joedmin/xExtension-wallabag-button: Add FreshRSS articles to Wallabag with one simple button click or a keyboard shortcut.

Add FreshRSS articles to Wallabag with one simple button click or a keyboard shortcut. - GitHub - Joedmin/xExtension-wallabag-button: Add FreshRSS articles to Wallabag with one simple button click...

GitHub
Show threadwallabagJun 16, 2025
@jbowen @justinmponcet you can find here some integrations with RSS readers https://wallabag.org/#rss
Save the web, freely | wallabag: a self hostable application for saving web pages

Show threadJason Bowen 🇺🇦Jun 16, 2025
@wallabag @justinmponcet Thank you!
Show threadgeofroiJun 16, 2025
@jbowen @justinmponcet @wallabag
I moved to wallabag a month ago. It replaces Pocket perfectly for me. I use it to save web pages on my phone and on my computer. Both Android app and the Firefox extension work very well (even if the Android app could be a bit more readable).
I use Feeder for RSS, I never used Pocket to read RSS...
Show threadJason Bowen 🇺🇦Jun 16, 2025
@geofroi @justinmponcet @wallabag Thanks, will check out Feeder
Show threadgeofroiJun 16, 2025
@jbowen @justinmponcet @wallabag I like it a lot, basic, efficient, very good readability
Show threadJuhisJun 16, 2025

@jbowen I switched to wallabag (starting with the hosted version) and it's been pretty much a drop-in replacement for Pocket in my flow.

I use it only for read-it-later stuff (or more accurately, I save good read articles there so I remember to move them to my notes later) and it's worked really well.

Show threadJason Bowen 🇺🇦Jun 16, 2025
@hamatti Thank you, that gives me some optimism!
Show threadJuhisJun 16, 2025
@jbowen I was initially worried because Pocket was such in integral part of my flow. I looked into quite a few options (https://hamatti.org/posts/mozilla-is-shutting-down-pocket-what-next/), started testing with wallabag and I haven't thought about switching to anything else as it "just works" for me.
Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, what next?

After years as a happy Pocket user, it’s time to find something new to save articles to. I’m looking for recommendations.

Juha-Matti Santala - Community Builder. Dreamer. Adventurer.
Show threadJason Bowen 🇺🇦Jun 16, 2025
@hamatti
Ooo, a new blog to follow. I like the styling :)
Show threadFrancesco P Lovergine Jun 16, 2025
@jbowen @mozilla @wallabag
I simply stopped using bookmarks years ago. I found as more effective a personal wiki to implement my second brain with multiple contextual lists of links and reasoned comments and notes. Never returned to bookmarks, which is a very poor solution and does not scale at all when managing hundreds of them.
Show threadEvanJun 16, 2025

@jbowen @wallabag
I'm in the middle of migrating from Pocket (boo, hiss) to Wallabag. For me it also involves getting acquainted with KOReader on by Kobo ereader, and converting a little utillity I wrote to work with the Pocket API such as it was to Wallabag's API. So far so good. I'm also finding the Wallabag Firefox add-on and Android app reasonably good.

P.S. My "little utility" I had called Pocket Lint. Reading how Wallabag's name evolved from the French word "poche" for pocket, to a Wallaby's pouch (as an Antipodean, I approve) being the Wallaby's "bag", I've renamed my utility "Wallapoo". A reminder of the crap I've had to deal with because of Mozilla.

Show threadarrakeen_urbaniteJun 16, 2025
@jbowen @mozilla @wallabag A few months back, my flow was quite similar: Inoreader as my RSS aggregator, and save to Pocket for read-later. Then I realized that I could eliminate one paid subscription by simply using Inoreader’s Read Larer tab to replace Pocket entirely. The presentation isn’t *quite* as pretty or flexible as Pocket was, but it has been good enough for me.