Alternatives to Readeck
A self-hosted read-it-later app that saves web articles, pictures and videos for clean reading later. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Readeck
A self-hosted read-it-later app that saves web articles, pictures and videos for clean reading later.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Readeck.
wallabag
Self-hosted read-it-later service that keeps a clean copy of articles.
wallabag is an MIT-licensed self-hosted read-it-later service with Android and iOS apps, EPUB and PDF export, and a paid hosted option if you prefer not to self-host.
Omnivore
An open-source, self-hosted read-it-later app for saving, highlighting and annotating articles, newsletters and PDFs.
Omnivore is an AGPL-3.0 self-hosted read-it-later app that adds newsletters, PDFs, RSS and Logseq and Obsidian plugins, now maintained by the community.
Instapaper
A read-it-later service that saves web pages so you can read them later on other devices.
Instapaper is a hosted freemium service with iOS, Android and eReader reading, so there is no server to run, but your list lives on its servers.
Readwise Reader
Read-it-later app for articles, PDFs, RSS, YouTube, and ePubs.
Readwise Reader is a paid hosted app handling articles, PDFs, RSS, YouTube and ePubs, with desktop and mobile apps, and is not open source or self-hostable.
Matter
Read-it-later app that combines newsletters, RSS feeds, and saved articles.
Matter is a hosted freemium read-it-later app combining newsletters and RSS with AI summaries and audio narration, available on macOS, iOS and web, not open source.
Reams
Browser-based reader combining RSS feeds, newsletters and saved articles.
Reams is a browser-based freemium reader that combines saved articles with RSS feeds and newsletters, with highlights and tags, but is hosted and closed source.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
linkding
A self-hosted bookmark manager that is deliberately minimal and fast, with tags, notes, archiving and browser extensions.
ReadKit
An RSS and read-later client for iPhone, iPad and Mac that syncs with many feed services.
News Explorer
A feed reader for Mac and iOS that syncs feeds and read status through iCloud.
