Collection · 12 tools

Best Open-Source Save-to Tools (2026)

Open-source save tools have one killer feature no subscription can match: nobody can shut them down and take your archive with them. After Pocket's 2025 shutdown deleted user data, that stopped being theoretical. This collection lists every open-source tool in the directory — read-later apps like Wallabag, bookmark managers like Linkwarden, Karakeep, and linkding, clippers like SingleFile and the Obsidian Web Clipper, and full archiving suites like ArchiveBox. Most can be self-hosted with Docker, all publish their code publicly, and every one exports your data in open formats.

Open-source read-later, the main Pocket successor

Self-host free; €11/yr hosted

  • Open source
  • Extension
  • App
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Collaborative bookmarks with full-page preservation

Self-host free; $3/mo cloud

  • Open source
  • Extension
  • App
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Bookmark-everything app with AI auto-tagging (ex-Hoarder)

Self-host free

  • Open source
  • Extension
  • App
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Research manager with browser connector for saving sources

Free + storage from $20/yr

  • Open source
  • Extension
  • App
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