Self-Hosted Bookmarks, RSS & Read-Later

Bookmark managers

• ★ Linkding — clean, fast, full-text search, browser extensions. The default in 2026.
  • https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding
• ★ Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) — bookmarks + AI tagging + read-later + screenshots; rising fast.
  • https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep
• Shiori — Pocket-shape; minimal Go-based.
  • https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori
• Shaarli — old-school PHP, no DB; fast, simple, federated.
  • https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli

Read-later (Pocket / Instapaper alternatives)

• ★ Wallabag — the long-running default; mobile apps; reader mode; tags.
  • https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag
• ★ Karakeep — also covers read-later (above).
• Omnivore — was a great alternative; sunset and open-sourced; some forks active.
• Reader by Readwise — closed source but excellent.
• Postiz reader — newer.

RSS readers

• ★ FreshRSS — feature-rich; PHP; mature; the long-running default.
  • https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS
• ★ Miniflux — minimalist; Go; fast; super clean reading view.
  • https://github.com/miniflux/v2
• Tiny Tiny RSS — old guard; still works; less recommended for new setups.
  • https://tt-rss.org/
• CommaFeed — Java-based.
  • https://github.com/Athou/commafeed
• Stringer — Ruby; simple.

Newsletter handling

• Stalwart Mail + FreshRSS — capture newsletters as RSS by piping inboxes through Stalwart's filters.
• Kill-the-Newsletter — turn email newsletters into RSS feeds.
  • https://github.com/leafac/kill-the-newsletter
• Feedrabbit / Newsletter Glue — alternatives.

Discovery / aggregators

• commafeed-aggregator, NewsBoat (terminal), NetNewsWire (desktop) — clients pointing at any of the above.
• Inoreader / Feedly — closed source hosted; widely used.

Browser extensions / mobile clients

• Linkding has official extensions for all major browsers.
• Karakeep has extensions + iOS / Android apps.
• Wallabag has iOS / Android apps + share extensions.
• FreshRSS via Reeder / NetNewsWire / Fluent Reader — pick a client you love; pointed at your server via Fever / Google Reader API.

Patterns to adopt

• ★ One tool for bookmarks, one for read-later. Don't make one tool do both unless it's Karakeep (which is built for it).
• Browser extension is the killer feature; pick a tool with one.
• Backup the DB — your saved articles are valuable.
• OPML import / export — accept that you'll switch tools eventually.
• Pair with a static-site like 11ty / Hugo to publish a public "interesting links" page.

Pick this if…

• Default bookmarks: Linkding.
• Bookmarks + read-later + AI features: Karakeep.
• Default RSS reader, feature-rich: FreshRSS.
• Default RSS reader, minimal: Miniflux.
• Read-later only: Wallabag.
• Old-school static / federated: Shaarli.
• Newsletter → RSS: Kill-the-Newsletter.