Here are some thoughts on what might fit my personal taste: - lightweight - very cheap - self-hosting might be nice, since I have a VPS currently - I'd like to easily dump an open tab into a backlog, and get reminded about it later: maybe I go to the app, maybe I get a daily email of suggestions. If I don't feel like reading the page, I can "snooze" it or otherwise put it back in the backlog (or drop it)
I think that's all I really want. I don't need notes or AI summaries or multiple apps for multiple devices, etc.
I might just build it, but curious if anyone has something they love.
Thanks!
The kicker is multi-platform support, since I also want the ability to browse from mobile and web, with the extension to easily add while browsing and native Share To to save links on mobile.
I’m working on reminders and daily emails for myself. I’ll prioritize this.
Site is up as well as Chrome Extension. Apps are built and ready to be published, just need some time to get them submitted to their respective stores.
https://backpocket.my/
What are you thinking for pricing? Any thoughts on open source + self-hosting?
Supports self-hosting via Docker.
https://hamsterbase.com/docs/install/install-with-docker.htm...
While I think self-hosting is great, you probably want to solve mobile capturing and consumption, hosting a server, then paring a modern maintained mobile app that you can configure so it connects to your self-hosted server. Omnivore maybe your best shot? Although maybe vibe code may get you there sooner?
If you are on Apple ecosystem though, there is another self-sustainable way that doesn’t require you to host anything on your VPS, that works with mobile, which is iCloud/Cloudkit based apps.
There are at least a dozen options here. I made one of these:
- no account, no server, no tracking
- Liquid Glass Mac app that launch from menu bar.
- Separate iOS app purposefully designed for mobile
- Doesn’t use a browser extension, but monitors double copies from clipboard.
- Shows all the cards in a waterfall grid, so you don’t have to click into these cards to see what the link is about. Every website you use, from TikTok to GoodReads, will show up as well designed cards.
- Uses Apple Intelligence on device to auto-tag links.
- free to capture without limit, has a one time purchase option (that removes the sub nudge) as well as affordable subscription option with PPP in 10 territories (purchase power parity pricing).
I believe it’s the sweet spot in this category, and with the subscription revenue we have, it will never shutdown as long as Apple still offers iCloud, plus, you own the binary.
It’s at https://doublememory.com if this sounds interesting to you.
I'm a little wary of something watching my clipboard, honestly. A lot of passwords and sensitive information goes through there.
Drag-and-drop into a menu bar icon is super clever though.
Well done. It might be a little more than I need, but I'm cheering you on nonetheless.
The key would be having something that could surface what is worth your time, and finding a way for those items to take priority over the new things coming at you… which would also need to be evaluated for whats worth your time.