Save to Readeck Safari Extension

Description and Features

Save to Readeck lets you save web pages to your Readeck instance for reading later, directly from Safari.

Readeck is an open-source, self-hosted bookmark manager and read-it-later service. This extension makes it easy to save articles, blog posts, and web pages to your personal Readeck library with just one click.

Features:

  • One-click saving from Safari’s toolbar
  • Edit the page title before saving
  • Add labels to organize your saved pages
  • Save only selected text when you highlight content
  • Sends full page content for better article extraction
  • Works with any self-hosted Readeck instance
  • Simple, clean interface

Requirements:

  • A Readeck server (self-hosted or hosted)
  • A Readeck API token
    • Making a Token: You can generate an API token manually within the Readeck user interface in the Settings > API Tokens section.

To get started:

1. Install and enable the extension in Safari
2. Click the extension icon
3. Enter your Readeck server URL and API token
4. Start saving pages!

Note: This is a third-party extension and is not affiliated with the official Readeck project.

Version History

Version 1.2.0 (Feburary 2026)

  • Universal application supporting macOS, iOS and iPadOS

Version 1.1.0 (January 2026)

  • Edit page titles before saving
  • Full page content capture for better article extraction
  • Image capture for offline reading
  • Save only selected text by highlighting content first
  • Improved reliability and performance

Version 1.0.0 (December 2025)

  • Initial release
  • One-click saving from Safari toolbar
  • Add labels to organize saved pages
  • Server URL and API token configuration

Why I Made It

I had been a happy Pocket user for many years and was dismayed when Mozilla shut down Pocket in July of 2025. Like many people, I’ve been looking for ways to self-host useful services to reduce my dependence on cloud-based subscriptions which could disappear or change terms. Thus, I started looking at self-hosted “read-it-later” replacements for Pocket and I experimented with a number of them such as Wallabag, LinkWarden, Hoarder, Readeck, etc.

Ultimately, I found Readeck to have the right balance of features, UI and deployment simplicity for me. I’m running Readeck as a Docker container in a Proxmox VM and using Dockhand to manage it along with 33 other Docker Compose stacks.

Being in the Apple ecosystem, I found a great Readeck iOS app for my phone but could only find Chrome and Firefox extensions for desktop browsers and nothing for Safari.

I created an Shortcut that worked somewhat although the UI was clunky in that it required you to click “Share → Shortcuts → Save to Readeck” each time and it wasn’t able to capture pages behind a paywall. I just wanted a simple button in my Safari toolbar that would grab pages reliably.

Thus, out of my frustration, I decided to bite the bullet and create it myself and it works pretty well. I imagine there are probably others out there who might also find it useful so I looked into getting it into the App Store.

Frankly, I’ve spent as much time going through the developer application process, business and tax paperwork, App Store Connect processes and other administrative work as I did building the Safari Extension.

Mac App Store Link

I hope you find it useful and worth the $0.99 price which will go towards paying for my Apple Developer license.

Support

If you have a question, send me a message via the Contact Form.

Privacy Policy

No data is collected by this Safari Extension. Settings are only stored locally.