Mozilla shut Pocket down in 2025. If you kept an export, the right new home depends on what you used Pocket for: reading articles later, or keeping a library of links you come back to. Here are eight options and what each does with your Pocket file.
We make Trezio, one of the options below. It is a library for links and notes rather than a reading app, so for some people another tool on this list will suit better, and we say so. Prices and import details come from each app's own website, checked on 12 October 2026.
What happened
Mozilla announces Pocket is shutting down. New app downloads and new Premium subscriptions stop the same day.
Pocket's apps and browser extensions stop working. Premium subscriptions are cancelled, and annual subscribers get automatic refunds.
The original deadline to export your saves, after which Mozilla said the data would be permanently deleted.
After an extension, exporting closes for good. Pocket data can no longer be downloaded.
Mozilla did not point Pocket users to another app. It suggested Firefox's own features instead, such as Tab Groups and its improved bookmarks.
Your file
Most people who exported in 2025 received a zip file by email with a CSV inside. Each row is one save: its title, address, the date you added it, its tags (separated by a vertical bar, like news|tech) and whether it was unread or archived. Exports from earlier years were a single HTML file instead.
Neither format contains the text of the articles themselves. Moving to any new app brings back your list, not the archived copies, so a page that has since gone offline stays gone. Unzip the file before uploading it anywhere, and keep the original somewhere safe.
At a glance
| App | Best for | Free plan | Paid plan | Reads a Pocket export |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instapaper | Reading later | Unlimited saves | $5.99/month or $59.99/year | Yes |
| Readwise Reader | Heavy readers who highlight | 30-day trial | $9.99/month billed yearly, or $12.99 monthly | Yes (upload the zip) |
| Matter | Reading on iPhone and iPad | Free app | Several premium tiers | Not confirmed |
| Raindrop.io | Organizing bookmarks | Unlimited bookmarks | $2.99/month or $27.99/yearUS App Store | Yes |
| Trezio | Links and notes in one library | 100 items | $3.70/month, or $2.95/month billed yearly | Yes (CSV or HTML) |
| wallabag | Self-hosting, open source | Free to self-host | €11/year hosted | Yes (CSV) |
| Karakeep | Self-hosting with AI tagging | 50 bookmarks hosted; free to self-host | $4/month or $40/year | Yes (CSV) |
| Linkwarden | Preserving full pages | Free to self-host | $4/month, or $3/month billed yearly | Yes (CSV) |
Omnivore, once a popular free Pocket alternative, shut down its hosted service in November 2024 after its team joined ElevenLabs. It now survives only as a self-hosted open-source project.
If you used Pocket to read
The closest thing to Pocket: save articles, read them in a clean view later, on the web, iPhone and Android. Independent and around since 2008.
A powerful reading app for articles, newsletters, RSS, PDFs and ebooks, built around highlighting. On web, iPhone, Android and desktop.
A polished reading app with natural text-to-speech, on iPhone, iPad and the web. There is no Android app listed.
If you used Pocket to keep things
The most complete bookmark manager: nested collections, tags, highlights, and apps for every platform. Pro adds permanent page copies and full-text search.
A calm library for links, text notes, screenshots and voice notes, with folders, tags, AI summaries on request and an encrypted vault for logins. On the web, Chrome and Android. It keeps your links, not copies of the articles, so it suits a list you come back to more than a reading queue.
If you want to run it yourself
Open source since 2013, with no ads or tracking. Run it on your own server for free, or use the hosted service in the EU.
Formerly called Hoarder. Saves links, notes and images, tags them with AI (it can use local models) and keeps full-page archives.
Preserves each page in several formats, with a reader view, highlights and shared collections.
Moving to Trezio
Look for the email from Pocket with your export. If it is a zip file, unzip it to get the CSV. An older export is a single HTML file, which works too.
In Trezio, go to Settings, then Import, and drop the file in. Titles, links, tags and save dates come across, and links you already have are skipped.
The free plan holds 100 items, so a longer Pocket list stops there. Pro imports the whole thing.
Want the details? Read Moving from Pocket to Trezio, including what does not transfer.
FAQ
Yes. Mozilla announced the shutdown on May 22, 2025, and Pocket's apps and extensions stopped working on July 8, 2025. Exports closed in November 2025 and the data was then deleted, so it can no longer be recovered from Pocket.
No. Mozilla set an October 8, 2025 export deadline, later extended it into November 2025, and exporting is no longer possible. If you downloaded an export before then, keep it safe: it is the only copy of your list.
Most 2025 exports arrived by email as a zip file with a CSV inside, listing each save's title, address, the date it was added, its tags and whether it was archived. Older exports were a single HTML file. Neither includes the text of the articles you saved.
For reading, Instapaper's free plan has unlimited saves. For keeping and organizing links, Raindrop.io's free plan has unlimited bookmarks. If you can run your own server, wallabag, Karakeep and Linkwarden are free to self-host.
Yes. Unzip the export and upload the CSV inside, or upload an older HTML export, under Settings, Import. Titles, links, tags and save dates come across. The free plan holds 100 items, so a larger list needs Pro to import in full.
Mozilla cancelled monthly and annual Premium subscriptions automatically, and said annual subscribers would receive automatic refunds from July 8, 2025.
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