Wallabag, Karakeep, or Readeck?

Wallabag if you want the classic Pocket queue. Karakeep if you want bookmarks plus highlights (the Readwise shape). Readeck if you want a smaller AGPL app. Pick one.

Linkwarden is bookmarks and snapshots (/replace/raindrop). Pocket is read-it-later. This page is that job.

Stacks / Docs

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Wallabag / Karakeep / Readeck

Read-it-later you host. Wallabag is MIT; Karakeep is AGPL-3.0; Readeck is AGPL-3.0 — Pocket, Instapaper, and Readwise without the article in someone else's building.

The problem

Pocket shut down. Instapaper is a hosted later-queue. Readwise is highlights and a daily review you rent. You wanted saved pages, an archive, and optional highlights on a box you run. Wallabag is MIT (classic read-it-later). Karakeep is AGPL-3.0 (bookmarks, notes, images, AI tags — the Readwise-shaped box). Readeck is AGPL-3.0 on Codeberg if you want that small Go app. Linkwarden is the Raindrop-shaped bookmark archive on /replace/raindrop.

Replaces

Pocket / Instapaper / Readwise

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Estimated SaaS saved

$1,200

per year, small team, before lock-in

Start on Railway

Linkwarden if this is bookmarks (Raindrop), not read-it-later

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Placeholder: Wallabag + a database, or Karakeep (compose), or Readeck. A volume for archives. No one-click template in this repo yet — Start on Railway. Raindrop-shaped bookmarks stay on /stacks/linkwarden-bookmarks.

The stack

Wallabag
MIT self-hosted read-it-later
Catalog entry →
Karakeep
AGPL-3.0 bookmark-everything with AI tags (Readwise-shaped)
Catalog entry →
Readeck
AGPL-3.0 small read-it-later (codeberg.org/readeck/readeck)
Catalog entry →

Cost table

You stop paying	Typical / year	Self-host instead
Pocket / Instapaper / Readwise (household)	$1,200	Wallabag, Karakeep, or Readeck

Agent setup prompt

Replace Pocket, Instapaper, or Readwise with Wallabag (classic later-queue), Karakeep (highlights/bookmarks), or Readeck.

- Persist the database and archives. Bind HTTP. Import an export if the vendor still gives you one (Pocket shut down — treat it as a cutover).
- Confirm one saved article. Write AGENT_PROMPT.md. Raindrop stays on /stacks/linkwarden-bookmarks.

Also as markdown: /stacks/wallabag-read.md

FAQ

Wallabag, Karakeep, or Readeck?: Wallabag if you want the classic Pocket queue. Karakeep if you want bookmarks plus highlights (the Readwise shape). Readeck if you want a smaller AGPL app. Pick one.
Why not Linkwarden?: Linkwarden is bookmarks and snapshots (/replace/raindrop). Pocket is read-it-later. This page is that job.