Pocket saved your articles for later. Pith turns them into a cited wiki you can actually use — and now that Pocket has shut down, it's the upgrade, not just the replacement.
Pocket was a genuinely great read-later queue: save an article, read it later in a clean reader, tag it, move on. Mozilla shut Pocket down in 2025, leaving a lot of people looking for somewhere to take their saved reading. Pith is the next layer up. Instead of just storing and re-presenting what you saved, it synthesises it into a cited, searchable knowledge wiki — every claim links back to the bookmark it came from. For ex-Pocket users who realised their queue had become a graveyard of unread links, it's a natural home: the things you read finally compound into something you can retrieve, brief from, and trust.
Side by side
| Attribute | Pith | |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Synthesises your reading into a cited, retrievable knowledge layer | A read-later queue: save now, read later |
| Wiki / synthesis | Auto-builds a wiki from your bookmarks, organised by topic | None — it stored and re-presented, it didn't synthesise |
| Citations | Every claim in the wiki links back to the source bookmark | Saved the article; no claim-level sourcing |
| Capture | Browser extension, plus RSS feed suggestions | Browser extension and mobile share sheet to save links |
| AI | Summaries, relevance scoring, and topic synthesis built in | No AI synthesis (later 'Recommendations' surfaced others' articles, not your knowledge) |
| Audio briefings | Audio and text briefings before a client meeting | Text-to-speech read-aloud of a single article only |
| Per-client knowledge | Shared, per-client knowledge spaces for your team | Personal save list; no per-client structure |
| Search | Semantic search across your synthesised wiki and bookmarks | Tag and keyword search over saved items |
| Queryable from AI tools | Queryable from Claude and ChatGPT via MCP | No MCP or assistant integration |
| Status | Active and maintained | Discontinued by Mozilla in 2025 |
| Pricing | Flat per-seat: Starter €15, Practice €35/seat | Was free, with Pocket Premium before shutdown |
| Data residency | Frankfurt, Germany — GDPR, no training on your data | Mozilla, hosted in the US |
| Reader experience | Focus is the knowledge layer, not a dedicated distraction-free reader | Excellent clean, distraction-free reader — its standout strength |
| Best for | Consultants who want what they read to become reusable, cited knowledge | People who wanted a simple, clean place to save and read articles later |
When Pith wins
Your Pocket shut down and you want a real upgrade
Migrating off a dead app is the moment to ask what you actually wanted from it. If your Pocket list had quietly become hundreds of unread links, a like-for-like queue just recreates the graveyard. Re-save the links that still matter into Pith and they stop being a backlog and start becoming a cited wiki you can search and brief from — the upgrade, not just a new bucket.
You want what you saved to compound into knowledge
Pocket re-presented each article exactly as you saved it; nothing connected. Pith reads across everything you bookmark and synthesises it by topic, with every claim linked to its source. Save ten pieces on a market and you get one cited, retrievable view of it — your reading turns into a knowledge layer instead of a list you'll never reopen.
Consulting: per-client briefings from saved reading
Before a client meeting, you don't want to re-read twelve tabs — you want the gist and the sources. Pith gives audio and text briefings drawn from your saved reading, organised in shared per-client spaces, and queryable from Claude or ChatGPT via MCP. Pocket could read one article aloud; it couldn't brief you across a whole client's worth of material.
Where Pocket wins
Where Pocket won
Pocket's dedicated, distraction-free reader was genuinely excellent, and its simplicity was the point: save, read later, done. If all you ever wanted was a clean queue to park articles and read them in peace, that was its real strength and Pith deliberately does something heavier. For pure read-later successors in that spirit, look at Readwise Reader or Instapaper. Pith isn't trying to be the nicest reader — it's the synthesis layer that turns what you read into cited, retrievable knowledge.
FAQ
Is Pocket shut down?
Yes. Mozilla discontinued Pocket in 2025, which is why so many people are looking for a new home for their saved reading right now.
What is the best Pocket alternative?
It depends what you want. If you only want a clean read-later reader, Readwise Reader or Instapaper are the closest successors. If you want what you saved to become a searchable, cited knowledge wiki — not just a queue — Pith is the upgrade, especially for consultants.
Can I import my Pocket export?
There's no one-click Pocket importer yet — Pith is bookmark-first by design. The honest path is to re-save the links that still matter from your Pocket export; those become a cited, topic-organised wiki rather than a flat backlog. Tell us if you have a large export and we'll say what's feasible.
Is Pith just read-later?
No. Saving is the start, not the product. Pith synthesises what you bookmark into a cited wiki, gives briefings, and is queryable from Claude and ChatGPT via MCP. Read-later is one input to a knowledge layer, not the whole job.
Does Pith have a reader?
Pith's focus is the knowledge layer — synthesis, citations, search and briefings — rather than a dedicated distraction-free reading view. If a polished reader is your main need, a pure read-later tool will suit you better; if you want what you read to compound, that's where Pith fits.
How much does Pith cost?
Flat per-seat pricing: Starter is €15 and Practice is €35 per seat. No per-feature upsells — the synthesis, citations, briefings and MCP access are part of the product.
Where is my data stored?
In Frankfurt, Germany. Pith is GDPR-compliant and does not train on your data — which matters when you're saving client-relevant reading. Pocket was hosted in the US under Mozilla.
Can I query my saved reading from Claude or ChatGPT?
Yes. Pith exposes your knowledge layer over MCP, so you can ask Claude or ChatGPT questions and get answers grounded in your own cited bookmarks. Pocket had no such integration.
Is Pith a good fit for consultants?
Yes — it's built for it. Per-client knowledge spaces, audio and text briefings before meetings, and cited sources for every claim mean your reading becomes client-ready knowledge rather than a personal backlog.
Last reviewed: 5 June 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · cite freely with attribution to Pith.