The short answer: export your data while you still can, then move to a read-later app that fits how you actually read — not the one with the longest feature list. And if you're honest that most of your Pocket list went unread, this is the rare chance to not rebuild the same pile somewhere new.
What happened to Pocket
Mozilla shut Pocket down in 2025, ending one of the longest-running read-later services on the web. If you were a Pocket user, that leaves you with two problems: getting your saved links out, and finding somewhere to put them.
Export your data first
Before anything else, get your list off the platform. Pocket provided an export — a file of your saved URLs — and most read-later apps can import from it or from a plain list of links. Do this first; a shut-down service doesn't wait around, and your years of saves are only yours while there's still something to export from.
Then decide where it should actually go
The instinct is to find "Pocket, but still running" and pour everything in. That's fine if Pocket was working for you. But be honest for a second: how much of that list did you ever read?
For most people the answer is "not much" — and that's not a Pocket problem, it's a saving problem. Saving a thing feels like reading it, so the list grows and the reading doesn't. Migrating to an identical app just recreates the graveyard with a new logo.
So use the move as a reset. Look for a read-later app built around finishing, not hoarding — one that helps the list get smaller instead of celebrating how big it's gotten.
Moving to something that helps you finish
That's the reason Gisto exists. It's a Pocket alternative built for the read, not the save: every link you bring over comes back with a short summary — the gist — so you can finally triage the backlog you inherited. Skim the summary, read what's worth it, and let the rest archive itself. One calm list that empties instead of one more inbox that fills.
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