Omnivore

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

A read-it-later app for saving articles, newsletters and PDFs with highlights, notes and Logseq and Obsidian export, with web, iOS and Android clients.

Adopt it when

You want to self-host a full-featured reading app and are prepared to run its whole stack yourself.

Watch out

The hosted service shut down in late 2024 when the team joined ElevenLabs, so self-hosting is the only option and maintenance is community-driven.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Self-hosted server, mobile app and browser extension

Built with

TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Swift and Kotlin

How established

Established: started 4 years ago, latest release android-0.230.0.

What the license allows

Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Omnivore → TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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