An Omnivore alternative, now the hosted app is gone
Omnivore’s hosted app was retired in November 2024; the project lives on as open-source software you host yourself. If you want a hosted replacement and used Omnivore to save things you meant to learn from, Recl saves from your phone or browser, summarizes each save, sorts it into topics and quizzes you on it.
Compiled from Omnivore's official GitHub README on 2026-10-22. Features and prices change — confirm current details at github.com/omnivore-app.
Self-hosted Omnivore vs Recl
| Feature | Recl | Omnivore (self-hosted) |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Active and hosted: Web app, Android, iOS, Chrome extension | Self-hosted only; the cloud app was deprecated in November 2024 |
| What it is | A memory system for what you watch and read | An open-source read-it-later app “for people who like text” |
| Running it | Hosted for you — sign in and save | On your own server, under the AGPL-3.0 licence |
| Saving | Chrome extension, your phone's share sheet, or paste a link | Extensions for Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge; iOS and Android apps |
| Newsletters | Substack and Medium posts, saved by link | Newsletters by email, with Substack support |
| Reading | A summary and key points first; open the original for the full piece | Full-text reading, offline support, and text-to-speech on iOS |
| Highlights and notes | Highlights and private notes on a summary's long read | Highlighting, notes, search and sharing |
| Note-app plugins | Not today | Logseq and Obsidian plugins |
| Video | YouTube summaries with timestamps; whole playlists | Built for text |
| Summaries and recall | AI summary on every save; quizzes and nudges with gaps of 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 60 days | Not described in its README |
| Organizing | Sorted into topics automatically | Labels, plus a built-in RSS reader |
| Cost | No free plan; every plan has every feature | Open-source software; you provide and run the server |
What happened to Omnivore
Omnivore’s README now opens with a notice: “Omnivore is now a completely Self-Hosted application. The Cloud application was deprecated in November of 2024.” The code is still open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, with a guide for running your own server — so Omnivore itself is still an option, as long as you are willing to host it.
Three ways forward
- Self-host Omnivore. If you liked Omnivore as it was and can run a server, the open-source project still lists the features you knew — highlights, labels, newsletters by email, and the Logseq and Obsidian plugins.
- Move to a hosted read-later app. If what you miss is a reader for full articles, Readwise Reader and Raindrop.io are the closest hosted options we compare — or see our Pocket alternative page for the read-later apps Mozilla lists.
- Use Recl. If you saved articles and videos to learn from them and rarely went back, Recl does the reading for you: a summary with key points, topics, quiz questions, and nudges that bring each idea back with the gap between reviews growing through 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 60 days.
Moving your saves to Recl
Recl has no bulk importer, so do not try to move everything. Pick the 10 or 20 links you still care about, paste them into Recl on the web or share them from your phone, and each one gets a summary, topics and a quiz.
Where Recl fits better
- You want a hosted service, not a server to run and update.
- You saved things to learn from them, and want summaries and quiz questions.
- You save a lot of video, not only articles and newsletters.
- You want reviews to come to you as push nudges on a schedule.
Where self-hosting Omnivore fits better
- You are comfortable running and maintaining your own server.
- You want an open-source app you control end to end.
- You read full text, with labels, highlights and an RSS reader.
- You rely on the Logseq or Obsidian plugins.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Omnivore shut down?
- The hosted Omnivore app is. Its GitHub README says the cloud application was deprecated in November 2024 and that Omnivore is now a completely self-hosted application. The open-source code is still available to run on your own server.
- Can I import my Omnivore library into Recl?
- Not in bulk — Recl has no importer. Re-save the links that still matter by pasting them on the web or sharing them from your phone, and Recl summarizes and sorts each one.
- Does Recl integrate with Obsidian or Logseq like Omnivore did?
- Not today. Recl keeps your saves in its own library, with search by meaning for your saved videos in the Chrome extension, a knowledge graph on the web and Ask your library for questions across everything you saved.
- Does Recl have a free plan?
- Not right now. Recl is a paid app — monthly and yearly plans both unlock every feature, and you can cancel anytime.
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