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# Omnivore: An Open-Source Read-it-Later App Like Pocket
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/omnivore/
- Published: 2023-08-13T04:54:56.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-01T07:16:48.000Z
- Description: An open-source alternative to Mozilla's Pocket with exciting features.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: First Look, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

What if I told you there's a one-stop solution to all your read-it-later needs?

You know, when you come across interesting articles you want to read but don't have the time to read them right then.

That is where a read-it-later solution comes in. In this article, we will look at a cross-platform, open-source read-it-later platform called '**Omnivore**' that facilitates such tasks.

Allow me to show you what it has to offer.

🚧

Omnivore has been discontinued, and has been [acquired](https://elevenlabs.io/blog/omnivore-joins-elevenlabs?ref=itsfoss.com) by ElevenLabs.

## Omnivore: Overview ⭐

![a screenshot of the omnivore homepage](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Omnivore_1.jpg)

Powered primarily by **HTML**, and **TypeScript**, Omnivore **aims to be an all-in-one solution** for all your reading needs. 

It sounds like an alternative to the ever-popular [Pocket](https://getpocket.com/en/?ref=itsfoss.com) app by Mozilla.

You can use it across many platforms, such as **Web**, **Android**, and **iOS**.

You can also self-host it on a server, though Omnivore was initially designed to be deployed on [GCP](https://cloud.google.com/?ref=itsfoss.com) (Google Cloud Platform). Luckily, the developers are working on a more inclusive deployment system, that will make it more portable.

So, let us begin by taking a look at some key highlights of Omnivore:

- **Support for full-keyboard navigation.**
- **Autosave of progress in long articles.**
- **Support for various plugins.**
- **Offline reading functionality.**

### Initial Impressions 👨‍💻

I tested the free-hosted version of Omnivore, where you have to create an account.

After account creation, I set it up with a few articles to read later, and the result was this **well-organized homepage**.

![a screenshot of omnivore in action](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Omnivore_2.jpg)

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It features a sidebar menu comprising category options like **Inbox, Continue Reading, Read Later, Unlabeled** and more.

The main grid layout houses all the saved articles; it also had an alternate list-style view, but I opted for the grid view.

So, moving on. Let me show you **how to add articles to Omnivore**.

There are two main ways of saving articles for reading later on Omnivore. 

One is **through the user menu**, where you have to click on “**Add Link**”, and then paste the URL into the text box that appears when you click on it.

![omnivore add link option](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/add-omnivore-link.jpg)

But the other way is far more intuitive; it is **via browser extensions**. I tested it on Vivaldi using the Omnivore extension from the [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/omnivore/blkggjdmcfjdbmmmlfcpplkchpeaiiab/?ref=itsfoss.com).

After installing it, you simply have to visit an article of interest and click on the Omnivore logo that shows up in the extensions bar of your browser.

![a screenshot of omnivore's chrome browser extension running on vivaldi](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Omnivore_4.jpg)

The article will then be added to your Omnivore account; you can also make use of the available options to **add notes, labels, edit titles**, and more.

Don't worry; this is not a Chromium-only affair. You can get browser extensions for [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/omnivore/?ref=itsfoss.com) and [Safari](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/omnivore-read-highlight-share/id1564031042?ref=itsfoss.com) too, which is a good thing.

Post that, I went on to take a look at **the “Labels” system on Omnivore**. I had created two labels and assigned them to the saved articles accordingly.

It allowed me to sort them by label. I just had to click on the one I wanted to access.

![a screenshot of omnivore's label system in action](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Omnivore_6.jpg)

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For creating new labels, click on the three-dot menu beside “**Labels**” on the sidebar menu and proceed to edit.

![screenshot of omnivore app to edit label](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/edit-labels-omnivore.jpg)

Next, you can get started by adding a label or modifying the existing ones, giving them a name and color.

![a screenshot of labels in omnivore app](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/label-add-omnivore.jpg)

To assign them to existing articles, hover over an article card, go into the three-dot menu, and choose “**Set Labels**.”

I then proceeded to see the **article-reading experience**, and I was not disappointed. The article viewer had a clean layout with a floating sidebar menu that allowed for a range of functionality.

The first option was to set labels to the article; the second one opens up a notebook that lets you add notes to the specific article.

![a screenshot of omnivore's article reading mode](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Omnivore_7.jpg)

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Then there's the “Edit Info” button that opens up an editing window for editing critical details of a saved article. And finally, the last two buttons are for deleting or archiving the saved article.

![a screenshot of omnivore's edit metadata option](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Omnivore_8.jpg)

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I then moved on to check out the plugin's support **on Omnivore**. It supports quite a few, allowing you to export content from there.

You can connect it to [Logseq](https://logseq.com/?ref=itsfoss.com), [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/?ref=itsfoss.com), [Readwise](https://readwise.io/?ref=itsfoss.com), and even Mozilla's [Pocket](https://getpocket.com/en/?ref=itsfoss.com).

This level of interoperability is always a plus in my books! 🤓

![a screenshot of omnivore's plugin support](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/Omnivore_9.jpg)

And this last one came as a surprise to me.

Omnivore **supports the creation of email aliases** that can then be used to sign up for various newsletters. Officially, they support newsletters from [Substack](https://substack.com/?ref=itsfoss.com), [beehiv](https://www.beehiiv.com/?ref=itsfoss.com), [Axios](https://www.axios.com/?ref=itsfoss.com), and more.

![omnivore email alias](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/08/omnivore-email-alias.jpg)

But, as it turns out, it works on other newsletters too. I tested it out on [**our newsletter**](https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/), and it integrated well!

## 📥 Get Omnivore

If you are like me and want to get started conveniently, I suggest you visit the [official website](https://omnivore.app/?ref=itsfoss.com).

However, if you are more into self-hosting it, I recommend you take a look at the [official documentation](https://docs.omnivore.app/?ref=itsfoss.com) and its [GitHub repo](https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore?ref=itsfoss.com).

[Omnivore](https://omnivore.app/?ref=itsfoss.com)

**As for their pricing structure**, currently, Omnivore is entirely free. The developers have not decided on a proper pricing plan but have a few ideas in the pipeline they intend to pursue.

Presently, they rely entirely on donations from the community.

*💬 What are your thoughts on this? Will you be giving this a try?*