# Wallabag — Self-Hosted Read-It-Later App

> Wallabag is a self-hosted read-it-later application that saves web articles for offline reading with tagging, annotations, and full-text search.

## Install

Save as a script file and run:

# Wallabag — Self-Hosted Read-It-Later App

## Quick Use
```bash
docker run -d --name wallabag -p 8080:80 
  -e SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=http://localhost:8080 
  -v wallabag-data:/var/www/wallabag/data 
  wallabag/wallabag
# Open http://localhost:8080 — default login wallabag/wallabag
```

## Introduction
Wallabag is a self-hosted, open-source read-it-later application and a privacy-respecting alternative to Pocket and Instapaper. It extracts and saves the content of web articles so you can read them later offline, on any device, without ads or tracking.

## What Wallabag Does
- Saves web articles with full content extraction, stripping ads and navigation
- Organizes saved articles with tags, favorites, and archive status
- Provides full-text search across your entire reading library
- Supports annotations and highlights on saved article content
- Exports articles to EPUB, PDF, or plain text for e-reader devices

## Architecture Overview
Wallabag is a Symfony PHP application backed by MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite. The content extraction engine parses HTML and applies site-specific rules to pull clean article text. A REST API powers the mobile apps and browser extensions. RabbitMQ or Redis can handle async import processing for large batches.

## Self-Hosting & Configuration
- Deploy with Docker using the official image with volume mounts for data and images
- Requires a database backend (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite for small installs)
- Configure `parameters.yml` for database, mailer, and domain name settings
- Enable RabbitMQ or Redis workers for async article fetching on large imports
- Set up the browser extension or bookmarklet for one-click article saving

## Key Features
- Content extraction powered by Graby with site-specific config for thousands of sites
- Multi-format export to EPUB, PDF, CSV, and JSON for portable reading
- Import from Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, and browser bookmarks
- REST API enables integration with automation tools like n8n or Zapier
- Multi-user support with per-user libraries, tags, and reading statistics

## Comparison with Similar Tools
- **Pocket** — Mozilla-owned cloud service; Wallabag is self-hosted and ad-free
- **Instapaper** — cloud read-later with premium tier; Wallabag is free and open-source
- **Omnivore** — open-source but cloud-first; Wallabag is designed for self-hosting
- **Linkding** — bookmark manager; Wallabag extracts and stores full article content
- **Shiori** — simpler Go-based archiver; Wallabag offers richer tagging and export

## FAQ
**Q: Can I import my Pocket library?**
A: Yes. Export your Pocket data and import it directly through the Wallabag web UI. Thousands of articles can be imported in one batch.

**Q: Does it work on e-readers?**
A: Wallabag can export articles as EPUB files. There are also dedicated apps for Kindle and Kobo that sync with your Wallabag instance.

**Q: Is there a mobile app?**
A: Official apps exist for Android and iOS. They sync with your server and support offline reading of saved articles.

**Q: How does content extraction work?**
A: Wallabag uses the Graby library with site-specific rules and CSS selectors to extract the main article content from any web page.

## Sources
- https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag
- https://doc.wallabag.org/

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