Save Articles to Read Later — Pocket Alternative & Reader View Mode

Pocket shut down on July 8, 2025. After 18 years and millions of saved articles, Mozilla turned off the lights. This extension is the Pocket alternative built for everyone who never wanted to lose their reading habit. Save Articles to Read Later — one click, no account, no servers. Everything stays on your device, forever. WHAT THIS POCKET ALTERNATIVE DOES ✅ Save any article in one click — toolbar icon, right-click menu, or Ctrl/⌘+Shift+S ✅ Clean reader view powered by Mozilla Readability — strips ads, popups, sidebars, autoplay video ✅ Tags, favorites, archive, unread filter — organize the way you read ✅ Full-text search across every article you've ever saved ✅ Pocket import — drop your ril_export.html, keep your tags and read state ✅ JSON export — your data is yours, always exportable ✅ Light, dark, and auto theme — matches your system ✅ Offline reading — once saved, articles are available without internet ✅ Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl/⌘+Shift+S to save, Ctrl/⌘+Shift+L to open the reading list ✅ Local IndexedDB storage — fast, unlimited, never leaves your browser ✅ Minimal permissions — no <all_urls>, works only when you click Save BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO READ • Former Pocket users looking for a real replacement, not a paid SaaS • Students and researchers saving sources for later • Knowledge workers who batch their long-form reading • Writers, journalists, and bloggers collecting references • Anyone who closes 40 tabs at the end of the day and wonders where to put them HOW IT WORKS 1. Click Save (icon, right-click, or keyboard shortcut) 2. Mozilla Readability extracts the article text — no clutter, no scripts 3. The article is stored in your browser via IndexedDB 4. Open the reading list anytime — online or offline 5. Read in a clean reader view with adjustable theme That's it. No cloud sync to break, no account to recover, no subscription to forget. WHY THIS POCKET ALTERNATIVE 🔒 No account, no email, no signup — unlike Instapaper, Readwise Reader, Matter, Omnivore 📱 Local-only — your reading list never leaves your device, unlike every cloud service 🛡️ No telemetry, no tracking, no analytics — we literally cannot see what you read 💸 Free forever — no premium tier, no paywall, no upsell 📂 Open source (MIT) — auditable, forkable, yours 🔄 One-click Pocket import — paste ril_export.html, keep tags and read state ⚡ Minimal permissions — no <all_urls>; the extension only reads the page when you click Save 🚫 No AI summarization — pure reading, not a model training data farm MIGRATE FROM POCKET IN 3 STEPS 1. Go to getpocket.com/export and download your ril_export.html (if you still have access) 2. Open this extension's settings, then Import from Pocket 3. Drop the file. Tags, read state, and timestamps are preserved If you saved your Pocket export before October 8, 2025 (the data deletion deadline), it still works perfectly. LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO... → Pocket: this is the local-first, free, no-account replacement most former Pocket users are looking for → Instapaper: same one-click save and reader view, without the account or premium tier → Omnivore: same idea after Omnivore was shut down, but stays local → Matter / Readwise Reader: same save + read flow without the SaaS subscription → Wallabag: same self-hosted spirit, but zero server setup → Raindrop: lighter, focused on articles instead of bookmarks → Chrome's built-in Reading List: actually saves the article text, not just the URL PERMISSIONS — WHAT AND WHY • activeTab + scripting: read the page only when you click Save • storage + unlimitedStorage: save your articles and preferences locally • contextMenus: add right-click "Save to Read Later" • notifications: confirm a successful save (toggleable) No <all_urls>. No background page tracking. The extension is dormant until you press Save. Pocket is gone. Read later isn't. Install the Pocket alternative that respects your privacy, your data, and your time.