#1
Self-hostable bookmark-everything app for links, notes, images, PDFs, and archives with full-text search, AI tagging/summaries, RSS ingestion, and API access.
28.6k stars1.5k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
20 self-hosted Readwise Reader alternatives
Readwise Reader is a read-it-later and reading app that saves web articles, newsletters, PDFs and EPUBs, lets users highlight and annotate content, and syncs highlights and notes to services like Readwise, Obsidian, and Notion for review and knowledge management.
Alternatives to Readwise Reader
Self-hosted collaborative bookmark manager with reader mode, highlights, tagging, full-text search, and automatic webpage preservation as screenshots and PDFs.
19.6k stars831 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#3
wallabag is a self-hostable read-it-later service to save web pages, extract clean article content, tag and organize items, and read them on any device.
12.9k stars893 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#4
Shiori is a lightweight bookmark manager with a web interface and CLI, full-text search, imports from Pocket/Netscape, and optional offline archiving of saved pages.
11.6k stars626 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#5
Self-hosted bookmark manager with tagging, notes, read-it-later, sharing, archiving, import/export, browser extensions, and a REST API.
11.1k stars597 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#6
Open-source RSS reader with real-time feed updates, training-based filtering, full-text search, social sharing, and native mobile apps; available hosted or self-hosted.
7.6k stars1.1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#7
Buku is a fast, privacy-focused CLI bookmark manager storing bookmarks in a portable SQLite DB. It supports imports/exports, smart tagging, regex search and an optional web UI.
7.2k stars321 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Offline-first file manager and personal knowledge workspace that organizes local files with tags, fast search, previews, and optional local AI features.
5.3k stars513 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#9
Self-hosted, single-user bookmark manager and link sharing app with tags, search, RSS/Atom feeds, REST API, and plugins—using file-based storage (no database).
3.9k stars313 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#10
Feedbin is a web-based RSS reader for organizing and reading feeds with full-text extraction, powerful search, filtering actions, and a REST-like API for clients.
3.8k stars290 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#11
LinkAce is a self-hosted bookmark archive to save, organize, monitor, and share web links with tags, lists, search, RSS feeds, and a REST API.
3.3k stars205 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#12
Grimoire is a self-hosted bookmark manager with tags, categories, fuzzy search, per-user libraries, metadata fetching, notes, and an integration API.
2.8k stars84 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#13
Self-hosted web app that cleans article URLs, strips paywalls and visual clutter, removes tracking parameters, and improves readability with caching and rules.
1.2k stars41 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#14
Open-source, self-hosted bookmarking app with tags, import/export, full-text search, REST API, OAuth and browser extension support.
1.2k stars49 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#15
Open-source, web-based bookmarking server with multi-user support, bookmarklet capture, and SQLite storage for easy self-hosting and maintenance.
913 stars32 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#16
Self-hosted bookmark manager with tags, nested groups, smart groups, multi-user support, import/export, and browser extensions for quick saving.
830 stars36 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#17
Self-hosted read-it-later/news-reading platform that saves articles offline, organizes with categories, and integrates with external services via webhooks.
475 stars33 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#18
Simple self-hosted bookmark service with React frontend, Fastify backend and SQLite. Docker-ready and optimized for low-resource devices like Raspberry Pi.
410 stars24 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#19
Self-hosted graph-powered personal knowledge base with AI search, chat, and multi-format ingestion.
261 stars10 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#20
Refeed is an open-source RSS reader that provides timed bookmarks, filters, notes, newsletter-to-RSS conversion, full-content fetching, and mobile apps.
181 stars6 forksMITlast commit Slowing down
What replacing Readwise Reader actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 19 of 20 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT, GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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