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Old 07-16-2025, 10:25 PM   #1
Tawn
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Join Date: Mar 2022
Device: kobo Libra 2
Pocket Alternatives

With the Pocket shutdown I thought it would be interesting/informative to have a thread on what people are using instead. I'll start off with my current choice...

epubPress (Firefox addon, but available otherwise)

Pros:
  • Free!
  • No need to register, create an account or sign-in to save articles
  • Multiple articles in one epub file (less clicks to get them all downloaded & doesn't clutter up UI with a slew of separate articles)
  • epub format allows highlighting/export of highlights
  • Adds a references page to epub showing the web location of the articles
  • Can be hidden from Nickle while shown in KOReader (via 'show hidden files') which avoids cluttering up "My Books" with articles.

Cons:
  • Difficult to delete individual article in multi-article epub (probably could be done via Calibre, though I haven't tried)
  • Cannot mark favs (though you could add them to a collection)
  • Doesn't work on Firefox Reader View (this seems to generally be an extension API limitation)
  • Doesn't sync; requires USB connection (I queue these up in a tab group & then move them in occasional batches)

PS: Someone please post and let us know if kobo decides to delete our previously downloaded articles (or the entire Articles UI) !
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