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Show HN: Readit, a read-it-later app I built because the others keep dying
- mahmoudalwadia 3mo agoI was a heavy Pocket user. It shut down. So did Perch, and Artifact, all within a couple of years. They had one thing in common: simple, single-purpose apps for people who wanted to read, and that kind of app doesn't survive on its own. So I built my own over a weekend, mostly so I'd stop losing the essays I meant to come back to. Clean reader, audio for walks, search, public collections. It's free. It's rough in places and things will break, but I'll keep fixing them. The browser extension is open source: https://github.com/mahmoudalwadia/readit-extension https://github.com/mahmoudalwadia/readit-extension The app is the small part though. I wrote about why I read essays here: https://mahmoudalwadia.com/writing/essays https://mahmoudalwadia.com/writing/essays
- flamendless8 3mo agoLooks good! Is there a bulk import or something? I have a lot of unread articles saved in my Vivaldi Browser :/
- mahmoudalwadia 3mo agoshipped this since your comment: Settings → Import takes Pocket/Instapaper CSVs or any pasted list of links. for Vivaldi, open your bookmarks export and paste the contents, it picks up the URLs.
- chaitralikakde 3mo agoIs there an offline mode planned? That's one of the features I miss most from Pocket.
- boxcounter 3mo agoYou might want to try Slax Reader – it saves full page snapshots for offline reading, and the content stays available even if the original link goes dead.
- mahmoudalwadia 3mo ago[dead]
- caste 3mo agothis is a great idea, always wanted to build it myself, well i think i don't need to anymore one of the actual apps that can save the day tbh
- mahmoudalwadia 3mo agoglad to hear, enjoy!
- rekabis 3mo agoI see only a Google login. On principle, I never let any third-party service know what other services I am using. Without a traditional login this is as user-hostile as a complete stranger’s wireless webcam mounted in your bedroom or bathroom. I am liking what I am seeing, and will gladly use this once it has a traditional login + TOTP 2FA.
- mahmoudalwadia 3mo agofair point, so I built it: email+password login is live now, with TOTP 2FA in settings. passwords are checked against known breach dumps too.
- rdataguy 3mo agoI miss Pocket! Looks cool, cute graphics. Good luck with your app!
- mahmoudalwadia 3mo agothanks! Pocket loyalists are exactly who I built this for.
- henoksahlu 3mo agoReally cool app, will try it out for sure.
- mahmoudalwadia 3mo agothanks, hope it sticks for you.
- boxcounter 3mo agoThat Explore section is pretty neat.