Your ebook library in a web browser, to read, share and send to your e-reader.
What it does
wallabag is a read-it-later service you run yourself. Save any web page with one click from your browser or phone, and wallabag keeps a clean copy of the text and pictures with no adverts or pop-ups. Read it later on any device, even offline in the apps, add highlights and notes, and tag articles automatically. You can bring your saved articles from Pocket, Instapaper and others.
- Clean, advert-free copies of the articles you save
- Browser extension plus Android and iOS apps, with offline reading
- Highlights, notes, tags and automatic tagging rules
- Import from Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard and more; export to ePUB or PDF
Great for: Avid readers who save more articles than they can read, and anyone leaving Pocket or Instapaper.
- LicenceMIT
- Where it runsOnline (from $2.50/month) · Your computer (free)
- Built withphp, javascript, twig, scss
- Your dataStays in your own copy
- Sourcewallabag/wallabag
Ways to use it
Choose one when you tell your AI. It sets everything up with you, in plain words.
- Online with PikaPods from $2.50/monthA small, friendly host just for open-source apps. Pay by the hour, cancel any time, and new accounts get $5 of free credit. Third-party host.
- On my own computerFreeYour AI installs what it needs and explains each step. It works while your computer is on.
Hosts are independent companies, not BespokeAI. You sign up and pay them directly. We may earn a referral fee, which never changes your price.
How people are using this project
Examples of what people ask their AI to do with wallabag. Start from one, or just tell your AI and it will ask what you'd like.
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“Pocket is closing and I've saved 3,000 articles there. Help me export them and bring them all into wallabag with their tags.”
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“Set up rules so short articles get tagged 'quick read', anything from the Guardian or BBC gets 'news', and long reads over 20 minutes get 'weekend'.”
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“Make the article page easier on my eyes: a serif font, bigger text, wider line spacing and a warm off-white background.”
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“Every Friday evening, put my unread articles into one ePUB and email it to my Kindle so I can read them at the weekend.”
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“Help me set up the wallabag app on my Android phone so I can share any link to it, and read offline on the train.”
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“Show a small note on the home page saying how many days in a row I've finished at least one article, and how many I read this week.”
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Can I trust it?
- MIT. Very permissive. You can use, change and share it, even commercially. If you pass on copies, keep the copyright notice and licence text.
- Your data: stores personal data, on your own device or server. Database (SQLite file in data/db/ by default, or PostgreSQL/MySQL) for articles, tags and highlights; saved pictures in web/assets/images.
- Other services: Email (any provider via MAILER_DSN) (optional, free with most providers); Redis or RabbitMQ (optional, free (self-hosted)); The websites you save (required, free)
- Pinned version
72bdffa. Every handover uses exactly this code, which we've reviewed. - Change the default wallabag / wallabag login and set a random APP_SECRET straight away.
- Keep WALLABAG_REGISTRATION_ENABLED=0 on an internet-facing server, and use HTTPS.
- Shared article links are public to anyone who has them.
- Site credentials for paywalled sites are stored on your server. Only add them if you trust where it runs.
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