A good one IMHO is Omnivore.
Omnivore is a complete, open source read-it-later solution for people who love to read.
Strange how it isnโt on f-droidโฆ Iโve come to expect all open-source apps to be on there, probably naively.
Thanks for this. I donโt usually dive into longer format article stuff because I find it on my phone and reading on my phone sucks. I tried pocket, but it didnโt function at all on my reader.
This solves that problem reasonably well.
(Edit: also an RSS reader? Maybe I should start using RSS again. I do wish it offered paged navigation controls to better work on an ereader, but itโs definitely an improvement still.)
No, Iโve never really understood the point. I have bookmarks in my browser if I want to save something for later. I donโt really need anything more fancy than that.
I donโt use pocket any more but I tried it out. I think the benefit was that you had the sync of articles to read between all devices with pocket.
Personally, I use a browser for specific sites or searches. I use apps like Lemmy (connect) for content discovery pocket is a bridge between the two. It also allowed sharing between peopke. So rather than sharing a link by email or WhatsApp, Iโd just add it to their pocket.
I use Inoreader to read RSS feeds of my favorite sources, and I save interesting articles to Pocket. I use the tagging feature and sync my Pocket entries to an Obsidian vault using an extension. It creates a web of information I found valuable enough to save, connected by tag. It helps me see trends and topics Iโm interested in emerge over time
Came here to say the exact same thing. People really do love to reinvent browser bookmarks.
I think most people these days donโt use browser bookmarks as a โcheck this out laterโ tool, and instead as more of a โI frequently need to access this pageโ function. For me, I only bookmark a page if itโs something I frequently access; things like my email, Lemmy, some work apps, etc. In my use-case, bookmarks are a more โpermanentโ installation to my browser.
Also, โread laterโ apps generally strip the web page formatting and advertisements, and usually have an offline function of some sort; both of which you typically canโt do with bookmarks. These are especially useful for those who like to read on their commute.
I think most people these days donโt use browser bookmarks as a โcheck this out laterโ tool, and instead as more of a โI frequently need to access this pageโ function.
So whatโs preventing those people from using bookmarks as โcheck this out laterโ tool? The personal preference of using an app that reinvented those same bookmarks? Just create a โread-it-laterโ later directory and boom, youโre good to go.
Also, โread laterโ apps generally strip the web page formatting and advertisements, and usually have an offline function of some sort; both of which you typically canโt do with bookmarks.
Yeah, because these are features typically provided by your browser. Hence, browser bookmarks. Itโs not a unique feature to read-it-later apps in any way.
https://fortelabs.co/blog/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps
So this article was included with Omnivore, which is suggested elsewhere in this thread, but it does provide a bunch of well structured arguments for the utility of a dedicated app.
I use Wallabag in the sense that I save articles to it, but I only really read them when I donโt have service or on my e-reader
I use omnivore for longer articles and highlighting parts of the text. It also have a plugin to sync with obsidian. Itโs really good, but I imagine self-hosting it can be tricky.
For a link-dump, I use Shiori. Could be anything vaguely interesting but I want to take a look later - works wonders for that.
And I have been a former pocket user, wallabagโฆ But I stick with omnivore and Shiori.
Nope. Just a bunch of tabs and bookmarks, donโt need anything else.
