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A self-hostable application for saving web pages

Shown by tcit on Jan 22, 2016. Click the card to turn it over.

135points

43comments

#265of 2,264 in 2016

Top 12%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

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2 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 7 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.

Execution: 0 for, 6 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

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Demo and login credentials were broken or 404
From 3 comments
- stable version demo http://demo.wallabag.org/ is 404
  lazyant on HN
- Hi, and thank you for Wallabag! I've been happily using the self-hosted version for quite a while now. At some point I forked[1] the Android app but development stalled when I…
  mathijs on HN
- the demo page works for me, but the login/pw don't
  CaptSpify on HN
Sign-up emails came from example.org and were unbranded
From 1 comment
- After registering, I receive an email: - from webmaster@example.org - named 'webmaster' - subject 'Welcome OJFord' - signed off 'Regards, The Team' That is, it does not at all…
  OJFord on HN
Installation has many dependencies
From 1 comment
- I like it, but the install have quite a lot of dependencies which was kind of annoying.
  msh on HN
Firefox reader view makes services like this less needed
From 1 comment
- Just tried the V2 demo, and it looks great, with both themes. I used V1 a year or so ago, and this is definitely a step up. However, since Firefox added reader view, I find I…
  abrowne on HN

WARC or unprocessed page archiving support
From 2 comments
- Have you considered adding an option for saving/archiving the pages without cleaning them? Maybe utilize WARC somehow.
  zokier on HN
- Warc support would rule
  mynewtb on HN
Sandstorm app
From 1 comment
- This looks really cool, I'd love to see this on Sandstorm at some point. (I use TTRSS as a feed reader there, and tend to just star stuff to come back to, though this would be a…
  ocdtrekkie on HN
Video offline sync
From 1 comment
- Are there any plans to support video offline sync?
  g4k on HN
Better handling of Hacker News pages
From 1 comment
- Thank you for wallabag! I have been using it for quite a while and it's really quite nice. I look forward to trying the new version. Does it handle HN posts now? The last time I…
  JeremyNT on HN

Differences between v1 and v2
From 1 comment
- Cool, that's a nice thing to have self-hosted! Is there a page explaining the main differences between 1.x and 2.x? (since "whole new version" suggests there is more behind it…
  detaro on HN
How it handles DMCA issues
From 1 comment
- So, how does work with DMCA issues? (Or am I missing something?)
  emeraldd on HN

Pocket
From 1 comment
- Hi there, As written in the title, wallabag is a self-hosted read-it-later web application (like Pocket or Instapaper, but open-source) that saves content from webpages. You can…
  tcit on HN
Instapaper
From 1 comment
- Hi there, As written in the title, wallabag is a self-hosted read-it-later web application (like Pocket or Instapaper, but open-source) that saves content from webpages. You can…
  tcit on HN
Readability
From 1 comment
- Just tried the V2 demo, and it looks great, with both themes. I used V1 a year or so ago, and this is definitely a step up. However, since Firefox added reader view, I find I…
  abrowne on HN
Firefox reader view
From 1 comment
- Just tried the V2 demo, and it looks great, with both themes. I used V1 a year or so ago, and this is definitely a step up. However, since Firefox added reader view, I find I…
  abrowne on HN
tinderizer
From 1 comment
- Check out tinderizer: http://tinderizer.com
  daturkel on HN