Omnivore is the free, open source, read-it-later app for serious readers. I’m looking into setting up this read-it-later service. I have a lot of URLs saved in my browser and need a place to bookmark them as well. Thinking this is a good place to start.
Anyone else using omnivore?
I’ve been using Omnivore for the past few months and really like it so far. A great wallabag replacement, although it still can’t be easily selfhosted and there are a few components which rely on Google Cloud Functions to work. Would love to see if someone manages to selfhost it successfully.
I’ve also come across it recently. I haven’t had a chance to install it yet, but I plan to do so soon. I’ll follow this thread closely for your experience!
I’ve been trying! I cant seem to get the docker image to start up for me. Might try on a fresh VM install and see if/what might change too. Then would have to redo that for the prod environment. There is a blog post on a minimal install to Fly.io as well with a slightly modified docker image: https://blog.omnivore.app/p/deploying-a-minimal-self-hosted-omnivore
Another thread on Mastodon I started and Omnivore says its possible but only know of about 10 folks selfhosting.
I haven’t used it (yet), but I came across it recently as what looks like the best alternative to Pocket. Pocket just changed their app for the worse (in my opinion).
Out of the loop. Mind telling me what changes have Pocket made to their app?
They generally seem to be shifting away from it being a basic “read it later” app primarily used to save articles that you come across and want to read later and are putting content discovery more front and center. When I opened the app recently a home page came up that had a few of my saved articles but it was mostly filled with suggested articles from the editors or recommended based on an algorithm. I then have to navigate to a different tab that has my “saves”. Looking at the list there is no longer an “archive” button, though I found out swiping will archive the article. Generally the UI has changed to be less intuitive and less focused on the articles that have already been saved.
I used the app to quickly save articles I want to read but don’t have time in the moment and then to go back and read later with a cleaner, more standard format.
I’m working through the selfhost install now! we’ll see how it goes and works. I asked them yesterday about their app support for mobile and custom domains. iOS is supported and they are working on adding that support for Android.
Interesting. So their docker-compose file can be used to start up a local server? This might be worth trying out sooner than I thought.
