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wallabag
An open-source, self-hostable read-it-later app that extracts and archives articles, with official hosting at wallabag.it and apps, extensions and e-reader clients.
Last push 2026-10-26 (gh api), but the latest release is still 2.6.14 from 2025-10-07; team meetup held in Paris 2026-07-29. (checked 2026-10-25)
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Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (21% of 19 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? community, foundation, or research (11% of 19 others)
- Who is it for? both (16% of 19 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? none of these (its own format or interface) (16% of 19 others)
- What does a reader put into it? links or articles saved to read later (16% of 19 others)
- What decides which items you see first? the reader's own saved list (21% of 19 others)
- Where do you mainly use it? web app you host yourself (11% of 19 others)
- What does a regular reader pay? free core, with a paid tier or paid hosting (17% of 18 others)
- Is reading private, or shared with other readers? some sharing (public lists, public subscriptions, or share links) (21% of 19 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 19 others)
- How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? its own account, or the platform's cloud (iCloud, Chrome sync) (68% of 19 others)
- Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? not applicable (no subscriptions) (60% of 15 others)
- Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? no, it says it collects none (50% of 18 others)
- Where do you mainly read the article itself? in its own clean reader view (63% of 19 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Particle 65% of 17 shared answers match
- FetchMark 53% of 17 shared answers match
- FreshRSS 47% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active Active development; no release in a year. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) MIT. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart community, foundation, or research Community project; wallabag.it paid hosting (from €11/year) funds maintenance. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | account required Login on your own instance or wallabag.it. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | stands apart both | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart none of these (its own format or interface) Its own wallabag API (used by many apps) is central; Pocket/Instapaper imports are secondary. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a reader put into it? | stands apart links or articles saved to read later | source 2026-10-26 |
| What decides which items you see first? | stands apart the reader's own saved list | source 2026-10-26 |
| What's the most AI does to what you read? (pick the first that applies) | no AI No AI features listed. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? | its own account, or the platform's cloud (iCloud, Chrome sync) Own wallabag API, used by official and third-party apps. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? | not applicable (no subscriptions) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly use it? | stands apart web app you host yourself Self-host or the official hosted service. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a regular reader pay? | stands apart free core, with a paid tier or paid hosting Free to self-host; wallabag.it from 4 € for 3 months or 11 €/year. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is reading private, or shared with other readers? | stands apart some sharing (public lists, public subscriptions, or share links) Share individual articles publicly. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? | no, it says it collects none 'No ads or tracking.' | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly read the article itself? | in its own clean reader view | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/wallabag/wallabag · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · wallabag.it/en/pricing · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · wallabag.org/ · collected 2026-10-26
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