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Self-hosted article saving
Wallabag ranks #5 of 6 in Read-later apps, with an Alt Score of 73. It is licensed under MIT, open source with paid hosting from €4 / 3 months and available on Web, iOS, Android and Browser extension. 7 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
People who read articles across multiple devices and want a self-owned, ad-free alternative to closed read-it-later services like Pocket.
Wallabag extracts an article's content into a clean, distraction-free reader, strips ads and tracking, and lets you tag and archive pages for later reference. It supports offline reading, RSS feeds, e-reader export, and browser/mobile apps for saving content from anywhere. You can self-host it for free and full data control, or use the paid Wallabag.it hosted service with backups and support.
You save a URL via browser extension, mobile app, bookmarklet, or RSS import; wallabag fetches and cleans the article for reading; you then tag, search, or export it and read it later, online or offline.
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Feature comparison
How Wallabag compares with its alternatives, feature by feature.
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Every fact and feature listed for Wallabag is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License MIT verified 2026-07-09
Copyright (c) 2013-current Nicolas Lœuillet Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software
https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag/blob/master/COPYING.md -
Pricing model OSS + paid hosting verified 2026-07-09
4 € ... 11 € ... 30 € ... 14-day free trial
https://wallabag.it/en/pricing -
Starts at €4 / 3 months verified 2026-07-09
3 months: 4 €
https://wallabag.it/en/pricing -
Platforms Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension verified 2026-07-09
Android app: wallabag/android-app ... iOS app: wallabag/ios-app ... Browser extension: wallabag/wallabagger
https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag -
Status active verified 2026-07-09
Active development indicated by continuous integration badges, 729 open issues, and 25 pull requests.
https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag -
Full-text extraction Yes verified 2026-07-09
wallabag's content parser, named Graby gets the content from articles, and only the content.
https://doc.wallabag.org/user/articles/ -
Highlights & annotations Yes verified 2026-07-09
The text is now highlighted and you can read your annotation if you move the mouse cursor over it
https://doc.wallabag.org/user/articles/annotations/ -
Tagging Yes verified 2026-07-09
tags ... a great way of organizing your saved content in order to more easily access it at a later time
https://doc.wallabag.org/user/ -
Send to e-reader Yes verified 2026-07-09
You can download each article in several formats: ePUB, MOBI, PDF, XML, JSON, CSV.
https://doc.wallabag.org/user/articles/download/ -
API Yes verified 2026-07-09
We'll see here how to interact with the wallabag API.
https://doc.wallabag.org/developer/api/ -
Import from competitors Yes verified 2026-07-09
Click on `Import` link in the menu, on `Import contents` in Pocket section and then on `Connect to Pocket and import data`.
https://doc.wallabag.org/user/import/pocket/ -
Permanent archive Yes verified 2026-07-09
Full copy saved on the user's own server.
wallabag's content parser, named Graby gets the content from articles, and only the content.
https://doc.wallabag.org/user/articles/
FAQ
Yes. Matter and Instapaper have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Karakeep — every license claim links its source.