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Open source Pocket code

75 points by l1am0 5y ago

app4soft 5y ago
> For those interested in building an open source Pocket, please check out https://github.com/open-pocket/open-pocket https://github.com/open-pocket/open-pocket [0] [0] https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75#issuecomment-818296516 https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75...
- masukomi 5y ago
  Note for those reading: open-pocket is just an idea at this point, not software you can install.
chrisseaton 5y ago
What confidential magic can they have in a bookmarking tool that they need to protect?
- metalliqaz 5y ago
  data mining for advertisers
- masklinn 5y ago
  Calling it (or instapaper) a bookmarking tool is rather underselling what they're doing. They're not a list of URLs for you to find later (possibly repeatedly).
  - OrderlyTiamat 5y ago
    They're not? That's how I've been using them (with the handy add-on that my ereader automatically downloaded them for longer articles. What else is there?
Zash 5y ago
> Opened 5 years ago Closed 4 years ago And then crickets for 3 years...
- capitainenemo 5y ago
  That doesn't seem quite true... the first comment here links to open pocket which links to a discussion in a github ticket with the previously closed source pocket team where they note they are a small team and just have not had a lot of bandwidth to cleanup the formerly closed source server. That discussion was last summer. https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75#issuecomment-655311178 https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75... This comment in particular.
wizzwizz4 5y ago
Four years. It was three years over a year ago: https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75#issuecomment-654784475 https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75...
bruce343434 5y ago
I still don't see the advantage of pocket over bookmarks.
- sofixa 5y ago
  It downloads the bookmarked content, it allows you to organise it with tags and such, and archive it. And it's cross platform ( i can save an article on my computer and it will be downloaded on my phone). I consider it more a distributed to-read list than a bookmark manager.
- cassianoleal 5y ago
  If you have a Kobo e-reader, you can sync the articles to read them offline on an eInk display. It keeps track of what you read. It has more context when browsing, instead of just the website's title. There's more to it. I don't use it these days, but when I was heavily commuting on the London tube I used it a lot.
- masklinn 5y ago
  Pocket is an offline reader (and content reformatter), like instapaper, it's a rather different use case than bookmarks. I don't bookmark articles I intend to read, but I do shove them in pocket, from where I can access them later then mark them as read.
- prionassembly 5y ago
  It used to have text-to-speech functions. I even made lo-fi hip-hop type music using Pocket.
lewisjoe 5y ago
https://closetab.email https://closetab.email is an open source bookmarking system, built for people who bookmark links and forget them forever. It automatically delivers an email digest of bookmarked links every monday to your inbox.
stefantalpalaru 5y ago
"On February 24, 2017, Mozilla acquired 100% of the outstanding stock of Read It Later, Inc., known as Pocket, (RIL) for a total purchase price of $25 million in cash, and $5 million in deferred payments." - https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2018/mozilla-fdn-2018-short-form-final-0926.pdf https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2018/mozilla-fdn-201...
crackercrews 5y ago
No surprise this hasn't been completed. The Pocket team has lost key people to the greater Mozilla org, and to other companies. Unless someone's comp is tied to completing this, it won't get done.
zerop 5y ago
I would like to know what engine they use to fetch the text of the article from URL? That technology is neat.
- dineshdb 5y ago
  I think this[0] comes close to what is used to extract text from an HTML document. Fetching can be done via any HTTP client. Will need jsdom to convert the text to DOM before feeding it to readability. [0]: https://github.com/mozilla/readability https://github.com/mozilla/readability
  - zerop 5y ago
    Thanks for sharing. Given the description, it can also be used as back-end for build link preview, like FB.
raihansaputra 5y ago
What I miss from Pocket and not found on Instapaper: Full Webpage "archival"/download instead of the reader mode. Instapaper's reader mode doesn't work with HN/Twitter. I'm aware of Polar (haven't tried it though). But is there another alternative? Or is it possible to self-host/build a similar thing?
- zerop 5y ago
  Try Wallabag.
  - raihansaputra 5y ago
    Seems to be the one I'm looking for. Thanks!
Abishek_Muthian 5y ago
Integrating Pocket to Firefox and showing the trending news on new tabs is one of the best decisions Mozilla has ever made. I gets me the news I like, from the sources I trust. Has anyone checked out how much of it is personal recommendation based on the saves or is it just majority of Firefox/Pocket users share common interests?

75 points by l1am0 5y ago

> For those interested in building an open source Pocket, please check out https://github.com/open-pocket/open-pocket https://github.com/open-pocket/open-pocket [0] [0] https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75#issuecomment-818296516 https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75...

masukomi 5y ago
Note for those reading: open-pocket is just an idea at this point, not software you can install.

chrisseaton 5y ago

What confidential magic can they have in a bookmarking tool that they need to protect?

metalliqaz 5y ago
data mining for advertisers
masklinn 5y ago
Calling it (or instapaper) a bookmarking tool is rather underselling what they're doing. They're not a list of URLs for you to find later (possibly repeatedly).
- OrderlyTiamat 5y ago
  They're not? That's how I've been using them (with the handy add-on that my ereader automatically downloaded them for longer articles. What else is there?

Zash 5y ago

> Opened 5 years ago Closed 4 years ago And then crickets for 3 years...

capitainenemo 5y ago
That doesn't seem quite true... the first comment here links to open pocket which links to a discussion in a github ticket with the previously closed source pocket team where they note they are a small team and just have not had a lot of bandwidth to cleanup the formerly closed source server. That discussion was last summer. https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75#issuecomment-655311178 https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75... This comment in particular.

wizzwizz4 5y ago

Four years. It was three years over a year ago: https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75#issuecomment-654784475 https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75...

bruce343434 5y ago

I still don't see the advantage of pocket over bookmarks.

sofixa 5y ago
It downloads the bookmarked content, it allows you to organise it with tags and such, and archive it. And it's cross platform ( i can save an article on my computer and it will be downloaded on my phone). I consider it more a distributed to-read list than a bookmark manager.
cassianoleal 5y ago
If you have a Kobo e-reader, you can sync the articles to read them offline on an eInk display. It keeps track of what you read. It has more context when browsing, instead of just the website's title. There's more to it. I don't use it these days, but when I was heavily commuting on the London tube I used it a lot.
masklinn 5y ago
Pocket is an offline reader (and content reformatter), like instapaper, it's a rather different use case than bookmarks. I don't bookmark articles I intend to read, but I do shove them in pocket, from where I can access them later then mark them as read.
prionassembly 5y ago
It used to have text-to-speech functions. I even made lo-fi hip-hop type music using Pocket.

lewisjoe 5y ago

https://closetab.email https://closetab.email is an open source bookmarking system, built for people who bookmark links and forget them forever. It automatically delivers an email digest of bookmarked links every monday to your inbox.

stefantalpalaru 5y ago

"On February 24, 2017, Mozilla acquired 100% of the outstanding stock of Read It Later, Inc., known as Pocket, (RIL) for a total purchase price of $25 million in cash, and $5 million in deferred payments." - https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2018/mozilla-fdn-2018-short-form-final-0926.pdf https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2018/mozilla-fdn-201...

crackercrews 5y ago

No surprise this hasn't been completed. The Pocket team has lost key people to the greater Mozilla org, and to other companies. Unless someone's comp is tied to completing this, it won't get done.

zerop 5y ago

I would like to know what engine they use to fetch the text of the article from URL? That technology is neat.

dineshdb 5y ago
I think this[0] comes close to what is used to extract text from an HTML document. Fetching can be done via any HTTP client. Will need jsdom to convert the text to DOM before feeding it to readability. [0]: https://github.com/mozilla/readability https://github.com/mozilla/readability
- zerop 5y ago
  Thanks for sharing. Given the description, it can also be used as back-end for build link preview, like FB.

raihansaputra 5y ago

What I miss from Pocket and not found on Instapaper: Full Webpage "archival"/download instead of the reader mode. Instapaper's reader mode doesn't work with HN/Twitter. I'm aware of Polar (haven't tried it though). But is there another alternative? Or is it possible to self-host/build a similar thing?

zerop 5y ago
Try Wallabag.
- raihansaputra 5y ago
  Seems to be the one I'm looking for. Thanks!

Abishek_Muthian 5y ago

Integrating Pocket to Firefox and showing the trending news on new tabs is one of the best decisions Mozilla has ever made. I gets me the news I like, from the sources I trust. Has anyone checked out how much of it is personal recommendation based on the saves or is it just majority of Firefox/Pocket users share common interests?