# Wallabag

> Wallabag is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the archiving category. Wallabag, formerly Poche, is a web application allowing you to save articles to read them later with improved readability. It has 12,997 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license. It is a self-hosted alternative to Pocket.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag |
| Website | https://www.wallabag.org/ |
| GitHub stars | 12,997 |
| Forks | 897 |
| Open issues | 733 |
| License | MIT |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | PHP |
| Docker image | No |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Categories | Archiving |
| Commits, last 12 months | 864 |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Latest release | 2.6.14 (Oct 7, 2025) |
| Created | Apr 3, 2013 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: wallabag, php, read-it-later, self-hosted, symfony, symfony-application, hacktoberfest

## Install

Wallabag installs natively; follow the README at https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag.

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## Wallabag replaces

- [Pocket alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/pocket): A read-it-later app for saving articles and web pages.

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