Self-hosted alternatives to Paperback
50 self-hosted Reading apps to use instead, best rated first.
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ArchiveBox
Launch๐ธ Save the current page with the toolbar button, keyboard shortcut, or right-click menu. ๐ Send URLs to your own ArchiveBox server to preserve websites for later. ๐ท Search, sort, tag, and manage your saved URLs in one place. โ Automatically
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RSSHub
LaunchEasy to use, and extensible RSS feed aggregator capable of generating RSS feeds from pretty much everything ranging from social media to university departments. (Demo, Source Code) MIT Nodejs/Docker
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Linkwarden
LaunchCollect, read, annotate, and fully preserve what matters. Open-source, self-hostable bookmark manager with full-page archival.
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Wallabag
LaunchSelf-hosted web article archiving tool that extracts content for comfortable reading. Import from Pocket, Instapaper. Open source with API access.
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MediaMTX
LaunchReady-to-use, zero-dependency real-time media server and proxy to publish, read, record, playback and route video/audio streams over SRT, WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG-TS, RTP. (Source Code, Clients) MIT Go/Docker
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Calibre Web
LaunchWeb app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database
Self-hosted
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Gmail Cleaner
Cleanup your gmail | delete, mark as read, unsubsribe from uncessary things uโฆ
About Paperback
Paperback
An accessible, light-weight, cross-platform ebook and document reader
Paperback is a lightweight, fast, and accessible ebook and document reader for everyone, from casual readers to heavy power users. It is designed for screen reader accessibility and a fast, bloat-free reading experience. It reads EPUB, PDF, Word, PowerPoint, OpenDocument, RTF, HTML, Markdown, CHM, WinHelp, MOBI/Kindle, FictionBook, DAISY and comic book files, as well as M4B and MP3 audiobooks.
- Price
- Free
- Made by
- Quin Gillespie
- Category
- Reading
- Website
- paperback.dev

