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Open source alternatives to Pocket

We track 8 open-source Pocket alternatives, of which 6 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 6 ship a Docker image. Karakeep leads on health at 98/100 with 167 commits in the last 90 days; across all 8 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0, MIT.

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Alternatives
105k
Combined stars
1,820
Commits / 90 days
6
With Docker
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Showing 8 of 8 tools

All 8 Pocket alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Karakeep

    98 GOOD

    Bookmark-everything app with a touch of AI for the data hoarders out there.

    ★ 29k · ⟳ 14 days ago · v0.33.2 · AGPL-3.0

    Docker
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • ArchiveBox

    98 GOOD

    Create HTML & screenshot archives of sites from your bookmarks, browsing history, RSS feeds, or other sources (alternative to Wayback Machine).

    ★ 28k · ⟳ 7 days ago · v0.7.4 · MIT

    DockerPython
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • LinkWarden

    97 GOOD

    Bookmark and archive manager to store your useful links.

    ★ 20k · ⟳ 4 days ago · v2.16.3 · MIT

    DockerNodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • linkding

    96 GOOD

    Minimal bookmark management with a fast and clean UI. Simple installation through Docker and can run on your Raspberry Pi.

    ★ 11k · ⟳ 4 days ago · v1.46.2 · MIT

    Docker
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • LinkAce

    94 GOOD

    Bookmark archive with automatic backups to the Internet Archive, link monitoring, and a full REST API. Installation is done via Docker, or as a simple PHP application.

    ★ 3.3k · ⟳ 7 days ago · v2.6.1 · GPL-3.0

    DockerPHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Wallabag

    79 GOOD

    Wallabag, formerly Poche, is a web application allowing you to save articles to read them later with improved readability.

    ★ 13k · ⟳ 5 days ago · 2.6.14 · MIT

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Espial

    62 SLOWING

    Web-based bookmarking server that supports multiple user accounts.

    ★ 918 · ⟳ 1 months ago · v0.0.42 · AGPL-3.0

    Haskell
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Readeck

    20 STALE

    Save the precious readable content of web pages you like and want to keep forever. See it as a bookmark manager and a read later tool.

    AGPL-3.0

    DockerGo
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Pocket alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Pocket?

Karakeep scores highest at 98/100, with 167 commits in the last 90 days, 29k GitHub stars and its latest release (v0.33.2) published 1 months ago. ArchiveBox has the most raw commit activity at 1094 commits in 90 days.

Which Pocket alternatives use a permissive licence?

4 of 8 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): ArchiveBox (MIT), LinkWarden (MIT), linkding (MIT), Wallabag (MIT). 4 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Pocket alternatives run in Docker?

6 of 8 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Karakeep, ArchiveBox, LinkWarden, linkding, LinkAce, Readeck. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.