Omnivore
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Omnivore is the free, open source, read-it-later app for serious readers.

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?

  • lasagnacrab
    5•2 years ago

    Mobile apps, extensions, good looking UI. This might be the Wallabag replacement I’ve been looking for. Can I create RSS feeds from tags and such as well? Gonna try to spin it up tonight if I have time.

  • TurboRotary
    2•2 years ago

    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!

    • cjerringtonOP
      1•2 years ago

      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.

  • ReclamationCrafts
    2•2 years ago

    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).

      • ReclamationCrafts
        3•2 years ago

        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.

        • cjerringtonOP
          2•2 years ago

          Looks that way! I am getting an error on the elastic search container though.

          `
          Starting omnivore-elastic …
          omnivore-redis is up-to-date
          Starting omnivore-elastic … done

          ERROR: for migrate Container “cb29db590585” is unhealthy.
          ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.
          `

          • buffaloseven
            1•2 years ago

            The way it’s set up it likes to error out because it takes a while to get the elasticsearch container up and running. If you do docker-compose up again 10-15 seconds later, it should spin up and run the migration script.

            • cjerringtonOP
              1•2 years ago

              I’ve tried that as well, but might have stopped the containers then started them. Might try having them run in and try the up again

            • cjerringtonOP
              1•2 years ago

              I tried removing everything and stating over. Made sure NodeJS was also on v14 as well according to the website. Still no dice. Is there a way to exec the migration script otherwise?

    • Shard82
      1•2 years ago

      Out of the loop. Mind telling me what changes have Pocket made to their app?

      • ReclamationCrafts
        1•2 years ago

        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.

  • mmmplak
    2•2 years ago

    Thanks for sharing this! I’ve been looking for a replacement to Pocket that is open source! Going to check it out!

  • ZenArtist
    2•2 years ago

    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.