# Omnivore
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[Omnivore](https://omnivore.app) is a complete, open source read-it-later solution for people who like text.
We built Omnivore because we love reading and we want it to be more social. Join us!
- Highlighting, notes, search, and sharing
- Full keyboard navigation
- Automatically saves your place in long articles
- Add newsletter articles via email (with substack support!)
- PDF support
- [Web app](https://omnivore.app/) written in Node.js and TypeScript
- [Native iOS app](https://omnivore.app/install/ios) ([source](https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore/tree/main/apple))
- [Android app](https://omnivore.app/install/android) ([source](https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore/tree/main/android/Omnivore))
- Progressive web app for Android users
- Browser extensions for [Chrome](https://omnivore.app/install/chrome), [Safari](https://omnivore.app/install/safari), [Firefox](https://omnivore.app/install/firefox), and [Edge](https://omnivore.app/install/edge)
- Labels (aka tagging)
- Offline support
- Text to speech (iOS only)
- [Logseq](https://logseq.com/) support via our [Logseq Plugin](https://github.com/omnivore-app/logseq-omnivore)
- [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) support via our [Obsidian Plugin](https://github.com/omnivore-app/obsidian-omnivore)
Every single part is fully open source! Fork it, extend it, or deploy it to your own server.
A guide for running a self hosted server can be found [here](./self-hosting/GUIDE.md)
## Join us on Discord! :speech_balloon:
We're building our community on Discord. [Join us!](https://discord.gg/h2z5rppzz9)
Read more about Omnivore on our blog.
## Shoutouts :tada:
Omnivore takes advantage of some great open source software:
- [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) - Most of our backend and frontend are written in TypeScript.
- [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) - Our frontend is a Next.JS app and is hosted on [Vercel](https://vercel.com/).
- [SWR](https://swr.vercel.app/) - We do all our data fetching on the web using SWR.
- [Stitches](https://stitches.dev/) - We use Stitches on the frontend to style our components.
- [Mozilla Readability](https://github.com/mozilla/readability) - We use Mozilla's Readability library to make pages easier to read.
- [Swift GraphQL](https://www.swift-graphql.com/) - We generate our GraphQL queries on iOS using Swift GraphQL.
- [Apollo GraphQL](https://www.apollographql.com/) - We generate our GraphQL queries on Android using Apollo GraphQL.
- [Radix](https://www.radix-ui.com/) - We use Radix UI's components on our frontend.
- [PDF.js](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js) - PDF.js is used to have open source pdf functionality.
- And many more awesome libraries, just checkout our package files to see what we are using.
## Importing Libraries
Check out our [docs](https://docs.omnivore.app/using/importing.html) for information on importing your data from other apps.
## How to setup local development :computer:
The easiest way to get started with local development is to use `docker compose up`. This will start a postgres container, our web frontend, an API server, and our content fetching microservice.
### Requirements for development
Omnivore is written in TypeScript and JavaScript.
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) (v18.16) and [Yarn](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/) -- Versions are managed by [Volta](https://docs.volta.sh/guide/getting-started).
- [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/chromium-projects/) -- See below for installation info.
### Running the web and API services
#### 1. Start docker compose
```bash
git clone https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore
cd omnivore
docker compose up
```
This will start postgres, initialize the database, and start the web and api services.
#### 2. Open the browser
Open and confirm Omnivore is running
#### 3. Login with the test account
During database setup docker compose creates an account `demo@omnivore.app`, password: `demo_password`.
Go to in your browser and choose `Continue with Email` to login.
### Frontend Development
If you want to work on just the frontend of Omnivore you can run the backend services
with docker compose and the frontend locally:
```bash
docker compose up api content-fetch
cd packages/web
cp .env.template .env.local
yarn dev
```
You will need to configure some values in the new `.env.local` file. These are
the values for running the `web` service directly on your host machine and
running `api` and `content-fetch` within docker:
```sh
NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
NEXT_PUBLIC_HIGHLIGHTS_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
NEXT_PUBLIC_LOCAL_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_BASE_URL=http://localhost:4000
NEXT_PUBLIC_LOCAL_SERVER_BASE_URL=http://localhost:4000
```
### Running the puppeteer-parse service outside of Docker
To save pages you need to run the `puppeteer-parse` service.
#### 1. Install and configure Chromium
```bash
brew install chromium --no-quarantine
export PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true
export CHROMIUM_PATH=`which chromium`
```
#### 2. Navigate to the service directory, setup your env file, and install dependencies
```bash
cd packages/puppeteer-parse
cp .env.example .env
yarn
```
#### 3. Start the service
```bash
yarn start
```
This will start the puppeteer-parse service on port 9090.
In your browser go to , click the `Add Link` button,
and enter a URL such as `https://blog.omnivore.app/p/getting-started-with-omnivore`.
You should see a Chromium window open and navigate to your link. When the service
is done fetching your content you will see it in your library.
## How to deploy to your own server
A guide for running a self hosted server can be found [here](./self-hosting/GUIDE.md)
## License
Omnivore and our extensions to Readability.js are under the AGPL-3.0 license.