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Wallabag
$9.00 / month with a 7-day free trial and a $1.00 sign-up fee
Pocket is dead. Wallabag is the self-hosted read-it-later that owns your articles, your highlights, and your reading history forever.
A managed instance of Wallabag on ElfHosted — the long-running open-source read-later that does what Pocket used to: browser button to save, mobile apps for iOS/Android, full-text article parsing, tags, search, archive. Difference: your articles live on your subdomain, not in a service you can’t recover from when Mozilla flips the switch.
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Pocket sunset hit a lot of people in 2026 with no good answer. Wallabag has been the answer for a decade — it just wasn't loud about it.
What is Wallabag?
Wallabag is a self-hosted read-it-later application — the same workflow as Pocket or Instapaper, but the articles live in your own database. Click the browser button to save a page; Wallabag fetches it, strips ads and trackers, and stores a clean reader-mode version. Read on the web, on iOS, on Android. Tag, search, archive, export.
It's been around since 2013, originally as a French project named "Poche". It's the most mature self-hosted read-later — more features than the alternatives, with mobile apps that actually exist and work.
Features
- 📄 Clean article parsing — fetches the page, runs reader-mode extraction, stores formatted text + images. No ads, no tracking pixels, no chumboxes.
- 📱 Native iOS & Android apps — official apps in both stores (small one-off purchase to support the project; the server itself is fully free).
- 🌐 Browser extensions — Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Vivaldi. One click on any page → saved to your Wallabag.
- 🏷️ Tags & full-text search — your saved library is searchable by content, not just title.
- 📤 Annotations & highlights — mark passages, add notes, export as you go.
- 🔄 Import from Pocket / Instapaper / Pinboard — Pocket's CSV/HTML export imports cleanly. Mozilla provided a final export window when shutting down; Wallabag can ingest it.
- 📤 Export to EPUB / PDF / Mobi / JSON — every article is yours; bulk-export to e-reader format any time.
- 🔌 REST API — for integrations, scripts, and third-party clients (e.g. Reeder, Aurora).
- 📰 RSS support — your reading list is itself an RSS feed; consume in any RSS reader.
- 🔓 FOSS & MIT-licensed — no paid tier, no telemetry, no lock-in.
The Pocket Sunset Migration Path
Mozilla announced Pocket's shutdown in early 2026. Users got a final export window — most of those exports are now sitting in Downloads folders waiting for a destination. Wallabag is the destination:
- Direct CSV import — drop the Pocket export file, Wallabag reads it. Tags transfer, archive state transfers, original URLs transfer.
- Tags survive — Pocket's tag taxonomy maps 1:1.
- Mobile workflow recovers — install the Wallabag iOS or Android app, point it at your ElfHosted URL, and the share sheet works the same way Pocket's did.
- Future-proofing — Wallabag has been continuously developed since 2013 and is structurally non-commercial. There's no exit path that reaches "shutting down for business reasons" because there's no business.
Why Run Wallabag on ElfHosted?
Wallabag isn't trivial to self-host — PHP, MySQL/Postgres, web server config, regular updates. ElfHosted handles the lot:
- Pre-configured PHP + database stack — no LAMP/LEMP setup.
- Hosted on your own ElfHosted subdomain over HTTPS — required for the iOS/Android share-sheet integration to work cleanly.
- Persistent storage; your saved articles aren't on a single VPS that might die.
- Updates handled across versions — Wallabag ships releases regularly with security fixes.
- Backups run automatically.
- Single subscription: $9/month all-in.
Technical Specifications
- 🛠️ Software: Wallabag (FOSS, MIT)
- 📱 Mobile apps: iOS (App Store) and Android (Play Store + F-Droid) — small one-off purchase to support the upstream project; server fully free
- 🌐 Browser extensions: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Vivaldi
- 📥 Import: Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Readability, Wallabag (.json)
- 📤 Export: EPUB, PDF, Mobi, JSON, CSV
- 📰 Feeds: RSS/Atom for unread, archive, starred, and tag-filtered lists
- 🔌 Integration: REST API + OAuth2; works with third-party clients like Reeder
- 🔑 Subscription: $9/month — Wallabag itself is fully free
- 🌐 Access: HTTPS on your own ElfHosted subdomain
- 🔄 Updates: handled by ElfHosted
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I run Wallabag without self-hosting it?
Add it to your ElfHosted subscription — this product is a managed Wallabag instance with HTTPS, persistent database, automatic updates, and SSO via your ElfHosted account. No PHP/MySQL setup, no reverse-proxy config.
I have a Pocket export sitting on my desktop. How do I move to Wallabag?
Wallabag's import wizard accepts Pocket's CSV/HTML export directly. URLs, tags, archive state, and starred status all transfer. Re-fetch happens server-side so the full article text repopulates with Wallabag's parsing.
Are the iOS / Android apps free?
The server is fully free; the official iOS and Android apps are paid (small one-off, around $1-3 in most regions) to support the upstream project. F-Droid hosts a free Android build.
How is Wallabag different from a bookmark manager like Pinboard or LinkDing?
Bookmark managers store the URL and a snippet. Read-it-later apps (Wallabag) fetch the full article, strip ads, and store the readable version offline. Different jobs. ElfHosted's LinkDing is the bookmark-manager option; Wallabag is the read-later option. Many users run both.
What happens to articles when the source site disappears?
Wallabag stored the parsed article server-side at save-time, so it survives the source going offline. Link-rot insurance baked in.
Does Wallabag have a Kindle export?
Yes — articles can be exported as EPUB or Mobi for Send-to-Kindle workflows.
Wallabag is the mature, self-hosted Pocket replacement that's been quietly running since 2013 — full-text article parsing, mobile apps, browser extensions, tags, search, export. Hosted on ElfHosted with HTTPS, automatic backups, and zero LAMP-stack work on your end. Pocket users with an export file: this is your destination.
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