Ask HN: How do you save web articles for later reading?
Looking for suggestions as to how to organize articles, tag them and search.
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A lot of the suggestions here are selfhosted. Mine are not.
The simplest is to use your browser Bookmarks/Reading List [1] feature. The best next free popular mobile/ereader friendly option is https://getpocket.com/en/
If you want to investigate more, here is some search keywords and my best app for each :
- "Bookmark manager" -> (free online) http://raindrop.io/
- "Read it later" -> (paid online) https://readwise.io/read
- "Reference manager" -> (free local) https://www.zotero.org/
[1] https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/7343019?hl=en&co=GE...
The simplest is to use your browser Bookmarks/Reading List [1] feature. The best next free popular mobile/ereader friendly option is https://getpocket.com/en/
If you want to investigate more, here is some search keywords and my best app for each :
- "Bookmark manager" -> (free online) http://raindrop.io/
- "Read it later" -> (paid online) https://readwise.io/read
- "Reference manager" -> (free local) https://www.zotero.org/
[1] https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/7343019?hl=en&co=GE...
You can try hamsterbase, provides selfhosted versions for winddows and linux. The desktop version is under development and will be released in the next version.
https://hamsterbase.com/
It is currently free during beta.
Key features 1. local-first: functionality is completely offline and not server-dependent
2. privacy first: currently no information is collected
3. peer-to-peer synchronization: all devices stay in the same state
4. Non-subscription: Pay only for the features you need
The following features are available
1. webpage annotations
2. full text search
3. import mhtml, html
4. connect singlefile extension
5. customize view， Filter pages by attributes such as domain, tag, creation time, etc.
https://hamsterbase.com/
It is currently free during beta.
Key features 1. local-first: functionality is completely offline and not server-dependent
2. privacy first: currently no information is collected
3. peer-to-peer synchronization: all devices stay in the same state
4. Non-subscription: Pay only for the features you need
The following features are available
1. webpage annotations
2. full text search
3. import mhtml, html
4. connect singlefile extension
5. customize view， Filter pages by attributes such as domain, tag, creation time, etc.
a long time ago i made this and i still think i m the only user: https://pinplz.com
I post them on my blog and use labels. Sometimes I'll also write a short description.
Bookmarks
https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile It encodes image media in base-64 and produces an HTML single file.
And, if I want to remove parts of the page, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/print-edit-we/olnb... which can save in MHTML format (one file, a zip archive container).
Another alternative is the paid level of pinboard.in, which essentially makes an archive copy of every page you bookmark and tag.
(And for all I know, there may be self-hosted versions of pinboard.in with the archive feature.)
And, if I want to remove parts of the page, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/print-edit-we/olnb... which can save in MHTML format (one file, a zip archive container).
Another alternative is the paid level of pinboard.in, which essentially makes an archive copy of every page you bookmark and tag.
(And for all I know, there may be self-hosted versions of pinboard.in with the archive feature.)
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I use Tab Snooze. Quiet handy
I use Safari's built-in "Read Later" action.
If I want to save a page forever, I bookmark it. If the title isn't descriptive I change the title or add keywords. To find a bookmark I search my bookmarks.
I don't organize bookmarks into folders because it's unnecessary.
If I want to save a page forever, I bookmark it. If the title isn't descriptive I change the title or add keywords. To find a bookmark I search my bookmarks.
I don't organize bookmarks into folders because it's unnecessary.
I wrote a browser extension that will send weekly digest of bookmarked links to complete your reading list. It's open sourced at https://github.com/joelewis/readmelater
I used to have a hosted version running at https://closetab.email but couldn't keep it running. Will look into hosting it again :)
I used to have a hosted version running at https://closetab.email but couldn't keep it running. Will look into hosting it again :)