About Wallabagger
Wallabagger is the sturdy, unfashionable choice. The extension is plain, but it does one job: it sends pages to wallabag, an established open source read-it-later project that keeps your articles on a server you control.
wallabag extracts the article from a page, stores it in your own archive and lets you read it in a browser, on a phone, in an RSS reader or on an e-reader. From the toolbar icon, a right-click on a link or a keyboard shortcut, Wallabagger lets you edit the title, set tags and mark an entry as starred, archived or deleted before saving. It targets wallabag version 2 servers. Imports cover a Pocket CSV export, Omnivore, Instapaper and Pinboard.
You need a wallabag server: install it yourself, or use the managed service at wallabag.it, which offers a 14-day free trial and then charges a fee. No third-party account is needed, and the Chrome listing says the developer collects no data. The extension is MIT licensed and actively updated, but modest, with 3.4 stars on Chrome and about 10,000 users there. We found no Safari listing. Pick it if you want a proven, self-hosted service.
Pros and cons
- wallabag is free and open source, and you can self-host it
- Imports Pocket, Omnivore, Instapaper and Pinboard
- Edit the title and tags, and mark starred or archived, from the popup
- Chrome listing says the developer collects no data
- You need a wallabag server, your own or the managed wallabag.it
- Few users: about 10,000 on Chrome and 3,200 on Firefox
- Chrome rating is 3.4 from 50 ratings
Permissions
On Firefox it asks for storage, the context menu, the active tab and scripting. It sends the saved page to the wallabag server address you enter in its options.
