Readeck's development and release news
Readeck 0.23 is out with a refreshed user interface, OpenID Connect, improvements and new features! Important Forwarded Authentication has been removed and replaced with OpenID Connect . Refreshed User Interface New Readeck layout on bookmark view (click to play) After some much needed internal changes , the real work on Readeck's user interface could start. This is not a complete makeover, nobody…
Readeck 0.22 is out with new features and lots of improvements! It introduces Annotations, Bookmark properties edition, Multi Factor Authentication, Forwarded Authentication and more. Annotations You can create highlights in Readeck but, before today's release, you couldn't add a short (or long) note to your highlight. This release adds a "note" field on every highlight and introduces a new…
The end of the year is near and it's time to lay out some plans for 2026. I launched Readeck two years ago with a single post on Mastodon that I boosted from my personal account and that was it. It was a very, on purpose, soft launch that gave me space to care for users and not be overwhelmed with issues and requests all over the place. Within a few months, Readeck gained users and its first…
Readeck 0.21 is out! It brings OAuth support for applications and quality-of-life improvements. While OAuth is a big deal for users , the details are mainly for developers; so let's start with user facing changes. Improvements Moved the sign-out button to the profile page Did you ever press the sign-out button by mistake? It's now a thing of the past! The button has been moved to the profile page…
Readeck 0.20 is out! What was supposed to be a boring release with few changes here and there turns out to be one of the most significant update made to Readeck so far. Import and Data Portability Data portability is what lets you export a user's profile and content so it can be saved for backup or you can move to another Readeck installation. It was already present as a command and is now…
Readeck 0.19 is out, with some enhancements, mail features and a warm welcome to new users. Important Application Passwords are being replaced with API Token . Images and Mosaic View Since its first public release, Readeck has been able to save image links directly. Paste a link to an image and you're good to go! While this was already good, there was room for improvement. Save images from the…
Readeck 0.18 is out, paving the way for future developments. Important This release contains breaking changes. Please read carefully the Breaking Changes section and perform a backup before you upgrade. Import and export commands A comprehensive backup and restore process is essential to ensure you have copies and/or can move your data as you see fit. So far, the only way was to copy everything…
Readeck 0.17 is out, with new features and improvements. Happy first birthday I originally intended to release this version on Dec. 23rd, to celebrate Readeck's first year. I missed the window, it's okay, it's only a date and I won't bother you with what-a-great-journey it's been, but still... Even though I purposely launched Readeck without fanfare, I've been pleased by the quite enthusiastic…
Welcome to new users and contributors Before digging into this release's details, a warm welcome to all the new users and contributors who have joined Readeck, especially those who have found a new home after Omnivore's unexpected shutdown announcement. I'm grateful that you're enjoying the project enough to share your thoughts and suggestions for improvements and its future. Your input and…
Readeck's Browser Extension is a companion tool that you can install on Firefox and Chrome-based browsers. It allows you to save the currently open page and includes the following features: Instead of just sending the page's URL to Readeck (as you would by copying the link), it transfers the entire content and all images. You can save a specific selection if you want to limit what gets saved.…
Readeck's Browser Extension is a companion tool that you can install on Firefox and Chrome-based browsers. It allows you to save the currently open page and includes the following features: Instead of just sending the page's URL to Readeck (as you would by copying the link), it transfers the entire content and all images. You can save a specific selection if you want to limit what gets saved.…
More than six months after a single post on Mastodon , quite a few users have been using and enjoying Readeck daily. Enven though I don't collect any usage metrics, I can tell that a user community is growing. You created issues, which helps a lot with priorities, submitted code patches and translations. I'm honestly very surprised that there are already 6 new translations. For all these, small or…
Due to a very busy spring, this is a minor release. New translations Thanks to new contributors, Readeck is now translated in 3 more languages: Polish, by @anarion Czech, by @marapa German, by @FrankDex Thank you all so much for taking the time doing this. In the future, I'll provide a web based translation tool (Weblate), so anyone can contribute to translations and keep them up to date. Bookmark…
Due to unforeseen events, I wasn't able to publish a new release at the end of last month. While this kept me away from a normal routine, I could work a bit on Readeck and ended up adding more features than planned. This release comes with many subtle changes in the user interface (consistency, breadcrumbs, etc.), a new compact view for bookmark lists and an import wizard to easily add your…
Readeck 0.13 is out and comes, among other things, with search improvements and internationalization. A better search Readeck's search uses the database's full text search features, which works extremely well but could be improved even more. The first improvement is the way your search queries are parsed and transformed. Before this release you could only search for words (everywhere or in…
Readeck 0.12 is out and comes with dark mode, font choices and other improvements. Dark mode You'll notice, on the main menu, a new button that lets cycle between automatic theme (your system decides), dark and light. Adding a dark theme turned out to be more involved than I had previously expected. Mind you, a dark color scheme is not the light scheme reversed. My hopes were not high but got…
Release 0.11.1 Release 0.11.2 A bit more than two weeks after Readeck's initial release , a new version is available. Before we dive into the details of new features, I'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and thank the users who happily installed Readeck and shared their enthusiasm and those who provided very helpful feedback, ideas and fixes. Thank you! Without more stalling, here are the…
Hi, my name is Olivier and I'm the creator of Readeck, an open source web application that lets you save content from the web so you can access it later and keep it forever. A few years ago, I started scratching an itch that had been bugging me for too long; what if I built an app that'd let me save content from the Web so I could read it on my e-reader later on? After some years of work on the…