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When you don’t have time to read an article online, you might already be using something like Pocket or Instapaper to read it later. Today I’d like to introduce you to Omnivore — the new kid on the read-later block, and on top of that, it’s open source and transparent about your privacy.
Omnivore has a lot going for it:
- As I mentioned, it’s Open Source.
- The service has a web version, an app for iOS and Android, and naturally the browser extensions you’d expect to save articles from any browser.
- My favourite feature is the ability to subscribe to a newsletter without giving out your own email. Omnivore can give you a dedicated email address for each newsletter, so articles land directly in the app without cluttering your already overflowing inbox.
- You can highlight important passages in articles you read and access those highlights later — or even sync them with Logseq or Obsidian.
- It has a text-to-speech feature, though it’s not great in French.
- It’s free… which is rare enough on its own, especially given all the features on offer.
The interface is well done — clean and no-nonsense, it genuinely makes you want to open the app and read (which is basically all you ask of it). No ads, which has become so rare for a free service.
Ultimately, this app is better than Pocket or Instapaper — it takes the best of both worlds while being open source and free. The newsletter subscription feature is a real plus!
What I’d love to see in future versions: the ability to summarise articles using ChatGPT, for instance, or via Kagi’s summariser service.
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