What is Local Read Later?
Local Read Later is an open source alternative to apps like Pocket and Instapaper. It allows you to save web pages, articles, videos, and more for later offline viewing. The key features include:
- Open source browser extensions available for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. They make it easy to save pages with a click.
- Desktop reader apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux that provide a clean reading interface and offline access to your saved content. The apps sync together so your reading list is available across all your devices.
- Support for saving pages as simplified text and stripping away clutter. This allows for a clean reading view.
- Tagging saved content with custom tags for easy organization.
- Optional password protection for your reading list.
- Its an open source project under active development, so new features are continually added.
Overall, Local Read Later provides an excellent free and open alternative to closed source read-it-later services. Being open source means total user control, transparency about data and privacy, and room for the app to adapt to user needs over time through ongoing community development.