Omnivore vs Wallabag

Comparing two open source alternatives to Pocket and Instapaper. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Omnivore

AGPL-3.0

Open source read-it-later app with full-text search, highlighting, notes, newsletter support, and integrations with Logseq and Obsidian.

MIT

Self-hosted read-it-later app that saves articles for offline reading with a clean, distraction-free view.

	Omnivore	Wallabag
License	AGPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	16,409	13,054
Forks	1,264	911
Open Issues	15	767
Last Commit	Nov 6, 2026	Nov 6, 2026
First Released	Feb 11, 2022	Apr 3, 2013
Categories	Bookmark & Content Management Tools	Bookmark & Content Management Tools
Tags	#bookmark #read-it-later #self hosted	#read-it-later #bookmark #privacy

Omnivore16,409

Wallabag

Open-source, self-hosted bookmark manager with browser extension support, automatic metadata extraction, and full-text search.

Privacy-focused, command-line bookmark manager that stores links in a local encrypted SQLite database with full-text search.

Open-source self-hostable bookmark manager to organize, discover, and personalize your saved links.

Self-hosted tiling image board for saving, tagging, and sharing images, videos, and webpages.

Self-hostable bookmark-everything app with AI-based automatic tagging, full-text search, and support for links, notes, and images.

Open-source visual bookmarking: save images to boards, follow Fediverse accounts, and share collections — no ads, no algorithm.