Alternatives to MZLA Pocket? (blog.mozilla.org)
from ratzki@discuss.tchncs.de to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 23 May 04:03
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/36985535

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?

#selfhosted

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thejevans@lemmy.ml on 23 May 04:10 next collapse

wallabag.it

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee on 23 May 05:22 next collapse

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

Biscuit@ani.social on 23 May 15:54 collapse

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.

[deleted] on 23 May 08:22 collapse

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sean_lemmy@sh.itjust.works on 23 May 04:19 next collapse

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

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee on 23 May 05:23 collapse

Are you me

otter@lemmy.ca on 23 May 04:21 next collapse

Here is a list

selfh.st/apps/?tag=Bookmarks

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

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee on 23 May 05:23 next collapse

I went with Readeck a few months ago. It’s a nice solution between the barebones ones and those that have all the features.

myrmidex@slrpnk.net on 23 May 06:39 next collapse

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.

nfreak@lemmy.ml on 23 May 12:46 next collapse

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

irmadlad@lemmy.world on 23 May 16:12 collapse

I use Readeck as well. My only complaint about Readeck is there really is no ‘one click, backup/export’ option. You 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 from Firefox, 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.

nimmo@social.nimmog.uk on 23 May 06:28 collapse

I'll throw another recommendation behind Karakeep. The fact I can share a page fromy mobile browser or use a browser extension on a laptop/desktop is excellent.

Another great thing for me is the oidc support so I can log in without passwords and rely on my Pocket ID instance and log in using a passkey. (Authelia, Authentic, Keycloak and similar identity providers would work too)

JustJack23@slrpnk.net on 23 May 05:26 next collapse

I use my note taking app with a specific tag for “read later”

Quill7513@slrpnk.net on 23 May 05:37 next collapse

it’s not perfect, but i’ve just been gathering interesting links into my org roam notebook

HowdWeGetHereAnyways@lemmy.world on 23 May 07:29 next collapse

I love my LinkWarden instance. I haven’t found it lacking for my needs, despite over 3000 links thus far

OminousOrange@lemmy.ca on 23 May 12:38 next collapse

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.

jacksquat@what.forfi.win on 24 May 10:32 collapse

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?

HowdWeGetHereAnyways@lemmy.world on 24 May 11:04 collapse

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.

FWIW, with 3000 links, my container users 787 MB of ram. I don’t think that’s crazy considering what it’s doing during the archiving process

jacksquat@what.forfi.win on 24 May 11:15 collapse

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

markstos@lemmy.world on 23 May 09:29 next collapse

For bookmarking: raindrop.io

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

Xanza@lemm.ee on 23 May 15:29 next collapse

That sucks, I immediately wanted it. :(

dabe@lemmy.zip on 23 May 18:53 collapse

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.

irmadlad@lemmy.world on 23 May 16:08 next collapse

It’s a downright dirty shame no devs have taken on Raindrop. It’s a slick little app.

[deleted] on 28 May 12:37 collapse

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bladewdr@infosec.pub on 23 May 15:29 next collapse

I really like karakeep.app.

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

irmadlad@lemmy.world on 23 May 16:07 next collapse

  • 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

ratzki@discuss.tchncs.de on 24 May 04:39 next collapse

Thank you for the nice summary!

HowdWeGetHereAnyways@lemmy.world on 24 May 05:45 collapse

LinkWarden also saves various archival copies of sites (as well as it can with anti-robot measures anyways)

ratzki@discuss.tchncs.de on 24 May 04:40 next collapse

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

benzoid@lemm.ee on 24 May 10:21 next collapse

I use and self-host linkding

Saltarello@lemmy.world on 24 May 15:09 next collapse

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.

anotherandrew@mbin.mixdown.ca on 25 May 18:11 collapse

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?