wallabag

Spec sheet

What it does

wallabag saves web pages, extracts the article content, removes distracting elements and stores the result for later reading.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Purpose

wallabag saves web articles, extracts their content, and presents them in a clean reading view for later.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Trial

wallabag.it offers a 14-day trial with no limitations and no credit card required.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

API

wallabag exposes a documented API and provides OAuth-based client creation for applications and extensions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · doc.wallabag.org

Integrations

The ecosystem includes Android and iOS apps, Firefox and Chrome add-ons, RSS readers, and community apps for Kobo and PocketBook.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Mobile apps

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · wallabag.org

Privacy

The hosted service says it is funded by subscriptions rather than advertising, tracking, or selling user data.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Support

The hosted service includes professional support, and its subscription page says updates, backups, and monitoring are covered.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

License

The wallabag source code repository identifies the project license as MIT.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Headquarters

The wallabag.it legal address is 30 bis rue des sapins, 62720 Rinxent, France.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Founded

Nicolas Lœuillet says he created wallabag in April 2013 and launched wallabag.it in 2016.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Additional importers

The hosted pricing page also lists Shaarli, another wallabag instance and RSS or Atom feeds as import sources.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Annotations

The iOS app supports highlighting plus creating, editing and deleting annotations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

API tooling

API documentation says requests can be adapted for curl or wget, and lists a community Go wrapper among resources.Read 15 Oct 2026 · doc.wallabag.org

Browser extension

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · wallabag.org

Company legal operator

wallabag.it is published by Nicolas Lœuillet as an individual entrepreneur with a French SIRET registration.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Developer ecosystem

The repository links Android, iOS and browser-extension projects, while noting the GNOME app is community maintained.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Documentation depth

Documentation is divided into user, app, administration and developer sections, including API, Docker, backend, frontend, testing and translation topics.Read 15 Oct 2026 · doc.wallabag.org

Export formats

The project supports downloading saved articles in PDF, ePUB, MOBI, JSON, CSV, text and HTML formats.Read 15 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Exports

The hosted service lets users export articles, tags, and annotations, and lists formats including PDF, ePUB, and mobi.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Feeds

Users can publish private RSS and Atom feeds for unread, starred, archived or tagged articles.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Full-text search

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · wallabag.org

Highlighting

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · wallabag.org

Hosted service

wallabag.it provides managed hosting with professional support, automatic upgrades and daily backups.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Hosting and compliance

The hosted service says it uses European hosting and is GDPR compliant.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Import integrations

Official pages list imports from Pocket, Omnivore, Instapaper and Pinboard.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Imports

The hosted service supports imports from Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Omnivore, Shaarli, another wallabag instance, and RSS or Atom feeds.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Installation methods

Documentation covers dedicated servers, shared hosting, Docker, Cloudron, YunoHost, alwaysdata and Synology.Read 15 Oct 2026 · doc.wallabag.org

Latest release

The home page identifies wallabag 2.6.14 as the latest release and publishes its MD5 checksum.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Licence

The main wallabag project is distributed under the MIT License.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Limit: mobile reliability

An App Store reviewer reported that an update temporarily prevented saved articles from opening and complained about limited support options.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Limit: polish

A reviewer says wallabag is less polished than Pocket even though it performs the core read-later function.Read 15 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Limit: scope

One reviewer says wallabag behaves more like a browser reading list than a full bookmark manager.Read 15 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Limit: setup complexity

Reviewers report that configuring browser extensions, mobile apps and API credentials can be confusing or clunky.Read 15 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Notable news

The project announced on 6 April 2026 that its previous official open-source iOS repository was archived and was no longer presented as the official open-source iOS app.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Offline access

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · wallabag.org

Offline reading

Mobile apps synchronize article content so it can be read without an internet connection.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Organization

The product supports tags, full-text search, filtering and article status such as unread, starred and archived.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Ownership

The self-hosted version lets users run their own instance and control its updates, backups, data, and access.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Praise: core usefulness

Reviewers describe wallabag as an effective Pocket or Omnivore alternative for saving and reading articles.Read 15 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Praise: privacy and ownership

AlternativeTo reviewers repeatedly praise the open-source, privacy-focused design and the ability to self-host the archive.Read 15 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Privacy model

The project advertises no advertising and no tracking.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Rating on AlternativeTo

4.2 out of 5 from 12 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · alternativeto.net

Rating on Apple App Store

3.4 out of 5 from 37 ratings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Rating on Google Play

3.9 out of 5 from 606 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Reading surfaces

Saved articles can be read through the browser, mobile apps, RSS readers and e-readers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

Reading tools

Readers can organize articles with tags, search saved articles, and add highlights and annotations.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Save by email

Subscribers receive a private email address that saves forwarded links automatically.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Self-hosting

Users can install wallabag on their own server and control updates, backups, data and access.Read 15 Oct 2026 · wallabag.org

System requirements

The server software requires PHP 7.4 or newer, Composer 1.8 or newer, numerous PHP extensions and a MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite PDO driver.Read 15 Oct 2026 · doc.wallabag.org

Text to speech

The Android listing states that articles can be listened to using speech synthesis.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Trial and renewal terms

The trial does not charge automatically, and subscriptions do not renew automatically.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wallabag.it

Plans and prices

Every wallabag plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

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