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Wallabag
From $1.29 / app / month
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: save any link, 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 2025 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. Paste a link to save a page; Wallabag fetches it, strips ads and trackers, and stores a clean reader-mode version. Read it in any browser. 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.
Features
- 📄 Clean article parsing — fetches the page, runs reader-mode extraction, stores formatted text + images. No ads, no tracking pixels, no chumboxes.
- 🏷️ 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.
- 📰 RSS support: your reading list is itself an RSS feed, readable by a feed reader you run on ElfHosted, such as FreshRSS.
- 🔓 FOSS & MIT-licensed — no paid tier, no telemetry, no lock-in.
The Pocket Sunset Migration Path
Mozilla announced Pocket’s shutdown in 2025. 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.
- 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, behind your ElfHosted login.
- 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)
- 📥 Import: Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Readability, Wallabag (.json)
- 📤 Export: EPUB, PDF, Mobi, JSON, CSV
- 📰 Feeds: RSS/Atom for unread, archive, starred, and tag-filtered lists
- 🔑 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.
Can I use the Wallabag mobile apps or browser extensions?
Not on ElfHosted. They sign in through Wallabag’s API, which can’t pass your ElfHosted login, so use Wallabag in your phone’s browser instead.
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, 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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