Readeck
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 2 of 5 read-it-later apps by recommenders
Free, self-hosted app for saving web articles and reading them on e-readers. Critics note it sometimes fails to parse articles.
Free, self-hosted app for saving web articles and reading them on e-readers. Critics note it sometimes fails to parse articles.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works with e-readers
“it is absolutely bliss to be able to view a catalogue of my inboxed articles on my kindle”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper” “especially since Readeck can export directly to ePub”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Fails to parse some articles
“readeck is not able to parse this article”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper”
Other read-it-later apps people recommend
The four most recommended other read-it-later apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readwise | 13 | 3 | 81% | 8 | — | Approved |
| ReadeckThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Instapaper | 10 | 1 | 91% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Wallabag | 6 | 1 | 86% | 5 | — | — |
| Readit | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“good idea to just run it when WiFi comes back on and no UI”
“I really like Readeck because contrary to Wallaback it captures the content from a page from the client-side through the browser extension”
“Automatically syncs with my readeck instance”
“readeck is not able to parse this article”
“especially since Readeck can export directly to ePub”
“it is absolutely bliss to be able to view a catalogue of my inboxed articles on my kindle”
“Its Content Scripts feature allows custom JS scripts that transform saved content”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.