19 self-hosted Pocket alternatives

Pocket was a commercial read-it-later service for saving articles and web pages to read later across devices. It has since been discontinued. These open-source apps let you replace Pocket with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted Pocket alternatives

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Karakeep

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Self-hosted bookmark everything app with AI tagging

Replaces Pocket, Raindrop.io

★ 28.2k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

ArchiveBox

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Self-hosted web archiving from bookmarks and feeds

Replaces Pocket

★ 28.1k Medium setup MIT

Linkwarden

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Collaborative bookmark manager with page archiving

Replaces Pocket, Raindrop.io

★ 19.4k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Omnivore

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Read-it-later app with highlights and newsletter support

Replaces Pocket, Instapaper

★ 16.2k Hard setup AGPL-3.0

Wallabag

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Self-hosted read-it-later application

Replaces Pocket, Instapaper

★ 12.9k Medium setup MIT

Shiori

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Simple bookmark manager built with Go

Replaces Pocket, Raindrop.io

★ 11.6k Easy setup MIT

Linkding

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Minimal and fast self-hosted bookmark manager

Replaces Pocket, Raindrop.io

★ 11k Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

Shaarli

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Personal, minimalist link-sharing bookmark app

Replaces Pocket, Delicious

★ 3.9k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Speedtest Tracker Dashboard

Dashboards & Startpages

Customizable startpage with drag-and-drop service tiles

Replaces Raindrop.io, Pocket

★ 3.3k Medium setup MIT

Archivy

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Self-hosted knowledge repository for bookmarks and notes

Replaces Pocket, Evernote

★ 3.3k Medium setup MIT

Grimoire

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Bookmark manager for your reading list and inspiration

Replaces Raindrop.io, Pocket

★ 2.8k Medium setup MIT

Promnesia

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Browser extension that turns your history into a memory aid

Replaces Pocket, Raindrop.io

★ 1.9k Hard setup MIT

Read-later nono Reminiscence

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Self-hosted bookmark and archive manager

Replaces Pocket, Raindrop.io

★ 1.8k Medium setup MIT

Readeck

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Save and read web content in a personal library

Replaces Pocket, Instapaper

★ 1.1k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

Espial

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Open-source self-hosted bookmarking inspired by Pinboard

Replaces Pinboard, Pocket

★ 906 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Bookmark dashboard nono Benotes

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Note and bookmark application with a Trello-like layout

Replaces Raindrop.io, Pocket

★ 857 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Zimit

E-books & Media Library

Captures websites into offline-readable ZIM archives

Replaces Pocket, web archiving services

★ 827 Medium setup GPL-3.0

omnom

Bookmarks & Read-It-Later

Bookmarking with full-page snapshot archiving

Replaces Pocket, Raindrop.io

★ 653 Medium setup MIT

EpubPress

E-books & Media Library

Convert web articles into self-hosted ebooks

Replaces Pocket, Instapaper

★ 337 Medium setup MIT

Compare Pocket alternatives

Switching from Pocket

Moving off Pocket means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.