What tool do you use to save articles to read later?

Lemmy save, and browser bookmarks

I just pin the tab and leave it there forever

Tabbed browsing

Wait, you guys are reading them later?

I like Linkwarden, Omnivore and wallabag

I use Omnivore!

right click -> open link in new tab

[I have hundreds of browser tabs open]

For the most time I just kept tabs open or used the post save feature in Reddit, Mastodon and Lemmy. That way I collected dozens if not hundreds of things that were vaguely interesting but I never got around to looking at them anyomere and when I was looking for something specific I had to check multiple places, each with less than optimal search functions.

Last year I decided to just create a personal wiki. MediaWiki is FOSS, easy to set up (especially with docker), accessible from all my devices and has a huge community because of Wikipedia. I have specific articles for different topics:

• a list of things I might want to buy at some point
• lists for books, movies, shows and games I want to read/watch/play in the future
• a whole category of cooking recipes in a format that's more readable than the original versions where you have to scroll through ten pages of the author's life story, translated into my native language and with notes on what I changed from the original
• articles for projects or questions that I never quite solve ("Where to buy custom printed LEGO minifigs?", "What scripting languages are easy to embed in a C# project?", "What's that weird bug that causes zfs to throw errors when my HDDs take a bit too long to wake up from sleep?") with partial answers.
• articles about my friends with some basic facts like birthday, favorite color, favorite animals, allergies and things we'd like to do together at some point
• and many more

Whenever I find an interesting link, I check if I already have an article that it fits into and if not, I create one. That way everything is roughly grouped by topic, I can leave notes and I have a nice search function and even a history that keeps references to stuff I edited or deleted.

Edit: the downside is that saving a link takes a bit longer, especially when I'm on my phone. Because of that I occasionally still save links the way I used to and if I still think they're relevant after a few days, I move them to the wiki.

Firefox has Pocket built into the desktop client. It’s not too bad.

1. Feedr
2. Lemmy save
3. WhatsApp message yourself
4. Teams message yourself
5. Pocket
6. Google Keep (book recommendations etc.)

I just press C-d and create a bookmark.

I have an insanely large amount of Firefox tabs. Sometimes I got back through them sometimes I clear everything and start fresh. Currently I have 80+ tabs

I never save and read later. Am I alone in this?

I read it now, cos I'll never read it if I save it. But I reckon the best solution would be to bookmark it/write it down somewhere. Don't ever just open a new tab, you shouldn't have more than like 20 tabs, at that point you're just never gonna look at them. And don't use a paid solution, why tf would you ever pay for that, even if it syncs across devices there are a million free ways to do that.

If I'm not going to read it on the device I'm currently on I use Firefox to send it to another device so I can read it later. Otherwise I just leave it open in a tab until I get to it. I have an e-ink Android device now so I tend to send text heavy things to it, and work things tend to only get sent to Firefox on a specific dedicated device.

I'm using Firefox bookmarks. I know it's basic, but it's very easy to use and I have zero complaints.

I use Feeder for rss feeds, and I'll save articles in there for later

Telegram Saved Messages

I've been using Pinboard for a very long time (signed up when it was just a once off fee) but I want to switch to something self-hosted.

I use Pinboard for two things:

1. Articles I want to read later
2. Articles I want to save in case I need them again (like bookmarks)

I'd be interested in what you find if it's open-source, and if it can fulfill both use cases.

Linkwarden self hosted. I figured out a way to share to it on android until they release an official client.

Wallabag for some stuff, other stuff I toss into daily notes in Obsidian.

I bookmark articles like PC gamers collect games on steam. I've gone back and read a couple

I use my browser tabs honestly.

Instapaper. I gave in and started paying for their subscription. It’s worth it. No other tool has come close to the simplicity, cleanliness, and power of Instapaper for me. It can handle most links, most ad removal, most paywalls.

The team became stagnant for a long time. But they recently declared they want to start reinvesting time into the product. That included doubling the premium pricing. But it’s the first change in pricing in almost 10 years. So it’s long overdue.

Pocket. Solid for nine years so far, judging by my oldest archived page.

Pocket to aggregate everything

I use Pocket but I've been meaning to self-host Omnivore

I realize you're probably talking about news articles but if you want to keep track of PDFs, nothing beats Zotero.

I use raindrop.io it's very pretty and easy enough to use. On Android I can use the share menu to store articles making it easy to use on my phone too.

A mix of wallabag for read it later articles, miniflux for rss feeds (mostly github project I selfhost) and linkding for all other links

Inoreader

Omnivore. Telegram messages. Obsidian

Raindrop browser plugin.

My brain

If I'm on my computer, I use Push Bullet. It sends the link directly to my phone but I can also go back to the Push Bullet app anytime and find it. If I'm on my phone, I just keep that tab open on Chrome until I read it.

I used to have a folder in my internet favorites. Then browsers did away with browser favorites and I switched to having a "remind me later" section of my Discord server.

Browser bookmarks. My trick is I make a new folder every month, for example “2024-01 Bookmarks”, and put it in the bookmarks bar. Whenever I realize I’m leaving a tab open because I want to look at it later, I put it into the current folder. That way I know it’s not lost and I give myself permission to close it.

When a new month comes around, I stick the previous folder in an “Archive” section and make a new one. It costs nothing to keep them forever, but avoids the current list getting out of control.

Read later feature in Reeder for articles and Raindrop.io for all other links