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Is there a good open source version of instapaper? I need to give Wallabag another look - has anyone used it recently?

by exe34 1y ago

kreco 1y ago
I tried a year ago and then stopped after few days because it couldn't save properly reddit pages (new design or old design, does not matter). From my experience it had the exact same behavior as the "Reading mode" feature from browsers. Which was not great overall. No clue if there is something better than that though.
uallo 1y ago
Maybe https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore. And there are several bookmark managers like https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep, https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden, https://github.com/goniszewski/grimoire https://github.com/goniszewski/grimoire.
- TudorAndrei 1y ago
  Omnivore was great but it was bought by Eleven Labs (https://elevenlabs.io/blog/omnivore-joins-elevenlabs https://elevenlabs.io/blog/omnivore-joins-elevenlabs) and it looks pretty inactive.
hrnnnnnn 1y ago
I tried to install it recently to a linux container running on proxmox. I gave up after half an hour because it requires a ton of PHP dependencies and there's no instructions or script provided to install them. I guess if you use the docker version it should be easier, but that wasn't an option for me.
ethan_smith 1y ago
Wallabag 2.6.1 (released earlier this year) has improved stability, better article parsing via Readability, and supports EPUB/PDF export, though self-hosting still requires some technical know-how.
input_sh 1y ago
Personally, I am and always was very put off by Wallabag's design. It seems permanently stuck in the 2010s default Bootstrap era. There was and technically still is Omnivore (https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore), but it got aquired by ElevenLabs last year and the official instance got shut down. Shiori (https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori) also comes to mind, but I think that's about it. As for closed source solutions, I'd say Readwise Reader (https://readwise.io/read https://readwise.io/read) actually innovated a little bit for the first time in over a decade by catering to power users, but I didn't use it often enough to justify a perpetual $10/month subscription (no free tier what so ever). Nowadays I just use Obsidian's web clipper.
- dockerd 1y ago
  I am using Raindrop and it seems to work for me.
- wlesieutre 1y ago
  Never heard of Wallabag but found a video of the web client here: https://wallabag.it/en/ https://wallabag.it/en/ All I'd really want to do to that design is lay off the drop shadows
efls 1y ago
A fairly new alternative to Wallabag is Readeck. Easily self hosted and comes with great API integration. And fully FOSS. https://www.readeck.org https://www.readeck.org

Is there a good open source version of instapaper? I need to give Wallabag another look - has anyone used it recently?

by exe34 1y ago

Is there a good open source version of instapaper? I need to give Wallabag another look - has anyone used it recently?

I tried a year ago and then stopped after few days because it couldn't save properly reddit pages (new design or old design, does not matter). From my experience it had the exact same behavior as the "Reading mode" feature from browsers. Which was not great overall. No clue if there is something better than that though.

uallo 1y ago

Maybe https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore. And there are several bookmark managers like https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep, https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden https://github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden, https://github.com/goniszewski/grimoire https://github.com/goniszewski/grimoire.

TudorAndrei 1y ago
Omnivore was great but it was bought by Eleven Labs (https://elevenlabs.io/blog/omnivore-joins-elevenlabs https://elevenlabs.io/blog/omnivore-joins-elevenlabs) and it looks pretty inactive.

hrnnnnnn 1y ago

I tried to install it recently to a linux container running on proxmox. I gave up after half an hour because it requires a ton of PHP dependencies and there's no instructions or script provided to install them. I guess if you use the docker version it should be easier, but that wasn't an option for me.

ethan_smith 1y ago

Wallabag 2.6.1 (released earlier this year) has improved stability, better article parsing via Readability, and supports EPUB/PDF export, though self-hosting still requires some technical know-how.

input_sh 1y ago

Personally, I am and always was very put off by Wallabag's design. It seems permanently stuck in the 2010s default Bootstrap era. There was and technically still is Omnivore (https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore), but it got aquired by ElevenLabs last year and the official instance got shut down. Shiori (https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori) also comes to mind, but I think that's about it. As for closed source solutions, I'd say Readwise Reader (https://readwise.io/read https://readwise.io/read) actually innovated a little bit for the first time in over a decade by catering to power users, but I didn't use it often enough to justify a perpetual $10/month subscription (no free tier what so ever). Nowadays I just use Obsidian's web clipper.

dockerd 1y ago
I am using Raindrop and it seems to work for me.
wlesieutre 1y ago
Never heard of Wallabag but found a video of the web client here: https://wallabag.it/en/ https://wallabag.it/en/ All I'd really want to do to that design is lay off the drop shadows

efls 1y ago

A fairly new alternative to Wallabag is Readeck. Easily self hosted and comes with great API integration. And fully FOSS. https://www.readeck.org https://www.readeck.org