# Readeck

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Readeck and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free, self-hosted app for saving web articles and reading them on e-readers. Critics note it sometimes fails to parse articles.

## Why people recommend it

- Works with e-readers (2 comments): "it is absolutely bliss to be able to view a catalogue of my inboxed articles on my kindle" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47561699)) "especially since Readeck can export directly to ePub" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47561887))

## What people warn about

- Fails to parse some articles (1 comments): "readeck is not able to parse this article" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47564947))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Readwise](https://hackerapproved.com/p/readwise.md): 13 recommend
- [Instapaper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/instapaper.md): 10 recommend
- [Wallabag](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wallabag.md): 6 recommend
- [Readit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/readit.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Readeck", https://hackerapproved.com/p/readeck/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).