Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

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Post by ahmedfromtunis » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 8:14 PM UTC

Since mozilla announced the sunsetting of pocket, I started looking for alternatives, including building a light version for my personal use. But nothing came out of my research.

What options are there and how are you transitioning?

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

#2

Post by toomuchtodo » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 8:20 PM UTC

https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

#3

Post by jethronethro » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 8:28 PM UTC

wallabag. Actually been using it for years, with a short detour to the now-gone Omnivore.

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

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Post by commiefornia » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 8:36 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

#5

Post by extr0pian » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 8:40 PM UTC

Wallabag. I switched from Pocket to Wallabag years ago because I didn't like sponsored content and ads in Pocket. I originally started paying for it as a subscription directly from wallabag.it, but then I started self-hosting it. Wallabag has an option to import all of your articles from Pocket too. It's a fantastic service.

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

#6

Post by floundy » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 8:40 PM UTC

I switched to Wallabag. 14 day free trial (an actual free trial that doesn't require CC info). There's a Pocket import function. I found it useful to filter the .csv that Pocket downloaded me into two .csv's, one for unread articles and one for archived articles, that I respectively imported into Wallabag as the import feature allowed for "mark as read" on imports.

About 10% of the articles I had didn't download due to Captcha requirements or paywalls that had been added since I had archived the article in Pocket. Once my articles imported to Wallabag, I filtered the unread list from 0 to 3 minutes which showed me all the ones that were paywalled or only saved snippets. I fixed them with the Wallabag browser extension, which has an option to save content direct from browser.

I now have Wallabag on my Android phone, Boox ereader (runs Android), and Kobo ereader (via KOReader). No issues and I'm liking it better than Pocket.