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An Omnivore alternative, for the video half of your saves
Omnivore was a read-it-later app “for people who like text”. Inboxy is not a reader. It is for the Reels, TikToks and videos a reader never handled, and this page is plain about that.
Last checked: September 30, 2026
Omnivore announced it was joining ElevenLabs on October 29, 2024, and its hosted service ended in November 2024. The code is still open source and can be self-hosted.
Who this page is for
You read in Omnivore: long articles, newsletters, PDFs, with highlights flowing into Obsidian or Logseq. Then the hosted service closed.
If you want that reading workflow back, Inboxy will not give it to you, and running Omnivore yourself or picking another reader is the honest recommendation. If what you are missing is a place for everything else you save - the videos - Inboxy covers that part.
Side by side
| What is compared | Inboxy | Omnivore |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | InboxyShort video first - Reels, TikToks, YouTube - plus articles, posts, PDFs and voice notes | OmnivoreReading. In its own words, “a complete, open source read-it-later solution for people who like text” |
| Status | InboxyA hosted service, live | OmnivoreThe hosted service ended in November 2024. Self-hosted only |
| Highlights and notes | InboxyNo highlighting. Each save gets a generated note | OmnivoreHighlighting, notes, search and sharing |
| Newsletters | InboxyNo newsletter inbox | OmnivoreNewsletters added by email, with Substack support |
| PDFs | InboxyRead through the Telegram bot | OmnivorePDF support |
| Read aloud | InboxyNo text-to-speech | OmnivoreText to speech, on iOS only |
| Notes apps | InboxyExport to Markdown or JSON. No Obsidian or Logseq plugin | OmnivoreLogseq and Obsidian plugins |
| Source code | InboxyClosed source, hosted by us | OmnivoreOpen source under AGPL-3.0, deployable to your own server |
Where Omnivore was better
For reading, it still is - if you are willing to host it.
A real reader
Omnivore was made for long text: highlights, notes, full keyboard navigation and offline support. Inboxy does none of these.
Newsletters next to articles
It took newsletters by email, Substack included, so they sat in your library instead of your inbox. Inboxy has nothing like it.
Your notes app
Plugins for Logseq and Obsidian carried your reading into your notes. Inboxy exports Markdown and JSON, by hand.
Open source
The code is public under AGPL-3.0, and since the hosted service ended Omnivore is a fully self-hosted application. Inboxy is closed source and cannot be self-hosted.
Where Inboxy is different
It starts where a reader stops: at the video.
It reads the video
Share a Reel, a TikTok or a YouTube link. Inboxy transcribes the speech, and when there is no usable speech - music only, captions only - it reads the text shown in the frames instead.
Every save becomes a note
A one-line essence, key points and action items, filed under a category and tags without you doing it.
You can ask it
Ask in plain words and get an answer built from your own saves, with the saves it came from cited.
One-tap fact-check
Any saved post can be checked claim by claim against live web sources. It is AI working from search results: a sourced second opinion, not a ruling.
Capture through Telegram
Forward a link, a post or a voice message to @InboxyAIBot. There is no app to open and nothing to install.
It comes back to you
Digests, reminders, a daily “remember this?” review card and a to-do list built from the action items in your saves.
Nothing to run
Inboxy is a hosted service: an iOS app and a Telegram bot. There is no server to keep alive.
Moving your Omnivore library
The hosted Omnivore service is gone, so there is nothing left to export from it. If you exported your library before it closed, or you run Omnivore yourself, you still have your links.
Inboxy has no importer. Paste the links you want to keep into a chat with the Telegram bot - several in one message is fine - or share them to the iOS app. Each becomes a new save with its own note, and each counts toward your monthly saves (50 on Free). Highlights and notes you made in Omnivore do not carry over.
If reading is what you miss, keep a reader. Omnivore’s own project page points to self-hosting, and Inboxy can sit next to it for video.
Questions
Is Omnivore shut down?
The hosted service is. Omnivore announced it was joining ElevenLabs in October 2024, and in the project’s own words the cloud application was deprecated in November of 2024. The open-source code is still available and can be self-hosted.
Is Inboxy a read-it-later app?
No. It saves articles and links, but it gives you a note - essence, key points, action items - not a reading view with highlights. It is built first for video.
Can I import my Omnivore library into Inboxy?
There is no importer. You can send the links to the Telegram bot or share them to the iOS app, and each becomes a new save.
Is Inboxy open source?
No. It is a hosted, closed-source service. You can export your whole library to Markdown or JSON on any plan.
Try it on the next thing you save.
Send one link to the Telegram bot or share it to the iOS app. Free to start, no card.
No card · Export anytime · Cancel whenever
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Sources
Everything said about the other product on this page comes from its own site or documentation. Prices and features change - if something here is out of date, write to info@jellyworkz.com.