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Best Dewey alternatives

Dewey is a social-bookmark product. X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, TikTok, Reddit, and the rest land in one library with auto-tags and nested folders. People leave when they also save articles and files, when they need mobile apps, when they want Markdown for agents, or when they only needed a CSV and do not want another social app. Those are different exits. This page ranks the library and read-later options. If you just need a file out of X, that is a different tool.

Why look for a Dewey alternative?

Dewey is deliberately social-only. The usual push is mixed content, a real mobile app, a public API, agent-ready Markdown, or a cheaper way to export your own data than a 48-hour Export Pass.

What Dewey does well

  • One of the only tools that syncs X bookmarks natively
  • Supports LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, TikTok, Reddit, Mastodon, Substack bookmarks too
  • AI auto-tagging for fast organization of thousands of saves
  • Custom RSS feed of your bookmarks for external workflows

Where it falls short

  • Social-bookmark focus only (no articles, PDFs, or reader view)
  • No native mobile apps or public API
  • Exporting your library requires Pro or a $50 Export Pass
  • No MCP server or AI-agent-ready markdown export

The best alternatives to Dewey

Raindrop is the broader bookmark manager. Readwise Reader is the reading and highlight app. Keep is the Markdown library that can also take X as a source. Ordered by overlap with Dewey's social-bookmark job. Keep is ours, so it sits above the ranked list as our pick, not as 'the other X bookmark manager.'

Our pick

Keep

Save anything as Markdown your AI agents can search, including articles, posts, videos, feeds, files, and notes.

Free, paid from $5/mo

  • Everything you save becomes clean Markdown
  • MCP and CLI search across notes and saved sources
  • Auto-sync from RSS, YouTube, GitHub, email, and optional X bookmarks

Keep is ours, so it sits outside the ranked list. It turns saved pages, posts, videos, feeds, files, and notes into Markdown your agents can search. Start free. Personal is $10/month. X bookmark sync is a $5 add-on.

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1. Raindrop

All-in-one bookmark manager with collections, tags, and a polished UI across every platform.

Free, paid from $3/mo

  • Best-in-class UI for organising a large library of saves
  • Nested collections and tags for serious curators
  • Native apps on every major platform including browsers
Read comparisonVisit Raindrop

2. Readwise Reader

A read-later app for articles, PDFs, emails, tweets, and YouTube, with deep highlights and AI features.

Free, paid from $9.99/mo

  • Fastest, most polished app in the read-later category
  • Rich highlighting with Readwise sync to note apps
  • Handles articles, PDFs, newsletters, tweets, YouTube in one inbox
Visit Readwise Reader

3. Inoreader

A powerful RSS reader for power users, researchers, and journalists.

Free, paid from $4.99/mo

  • Inoreader Intelligence AI summarises, answers questions, and runs custom prompts
  • Advanced rules and filters for keyword-level feed control
  • Supports RSS, newsletters, podcasts, YouTube, Bluesky, Mastodon, Reddit
Visit Inoreader

4. Feedly

The RSS reader for professionals, with AI summaries and team boards.

Free, paid from $6.99/mo

  • Largest feed catalog and discovery directory
  • Leo AI for summarisation and trigger alerts
  • Team boards for collaborative research
Visit Feedly

5. Instapaper

A classic read-later app with clean text extraction and distraction-free reading.

Free, paid from $5.99/mo

  • One of the cleanest text extractions in the category
  • Long track record and stable apps
  • Email-in works out of the box for forwarding articles and newsletters
Visit Instapaper

Feature comparison

Compare Dewey with tools that keep a real library: articles, files, reader view, mobile apps, APIs, and Markdown export. A Chrome-only social bookmark UI will lose most of those columns on purpose.

FeatureDeweyKeepRaindropReadwise ReaderInoreaderFeedlyInstapaper
Capture and save
Browser extension✓Chrome✓Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave✓Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge✓Chrome, Firefox, Safari✓✓Chrome, Firefox✓Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge
Mobile apps××✓iOS, Android✓iOS, Android✓iOS, Android✓iOS, Android✓iOS, Android
Save from email×✓Forward to in.keep.md×✓Per-user Reader address××✓Unique save-by-email address
Save tweets✓Native X bookmarks sync✓−Partial✓Threads compiled as articles×××
Save YouTube videos×✓With transcripts−Partial✓With transcript highlighting−Via channel feed−Via channel feed−URL only
Save GitHub stars×✓×××××
Save PDFs×✓Converted to markdown✓Full-text search Pro only✓××✓Premium
Save files (docs, spreadsheets)×✓Word, Excel, CSV, HTML, OpenDocument✓PDF, EPUB, images, video−PDFs, EPUBs, HTML×××
Save audio files×✓With Whisper transcription✓mp3, wav, aiff, flac××××
Save via API×✓✓✓✓✓✓
Auto-sync sources
RSS auto-sync−Outputs RSS of your bookmarks✓−Via IFTTT applet✓✓✓×
YouTube channel sync×✓×−Via RSS✓✓×
X bookmarks sync✓Auto sync on Pro✓Automatic sync is a $5/month add-on. Manual CSV or JSON import on every plan.×××××
GitHub stars sync×✓×××××
Newsletter inbox sync×✓×✓✓Pro✓Pro−Forward-to-save, not a dedicated inbox
Library and reading
Reader view×✓✓✓✓✓✓
Offline reading×−Partial×✓✓✓✓
Full-text search✓✓−Pro✓−Supporter+−Pro−Premium
Semantic / AI search×✓−Pro (Stella)−Ghostreader Q&A−Pro (AI Q&A via Inoreader Intelligence)✓Pro+ (Leo)×
Highlights×✓Highlight from the extension or from inside the reader, with optional notes; renders inline✓✓✓✓✓
Notes✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Tags✓✓✓✓✓✓Boards✓
Collections✓Nested folders✓✓Nested✓Folders✓Folders✓Boards✓Folders
Public sharing✓Public folders (Pro)−Partial✓✓✓✓×
Full-text RSS extraction×✓×−Partial−Pro−Pro×
AI and agents
Markdown export for AI agents×✓Per-item .md URL×××××
Bulk markdown export×✓×××××
MCP server×✓✓Official server××××
CLI tool×✓keep npm package×××−×
Claude Code skill×✓×××××
AI summaries−AI auto-tagging✓AI summary and AI tagging on every saved article✓Pro (Stella)✓Ghostreader✓Pro (Inoreader Intelligence)✓Pro+ (Leo)×
Public API×✓✓✓✓✓✓
Import and export
OPML import / export×✓Import from and export to any OPML-compatible reader×✓✓✓×
Pocket import×✓ZIP, CSV, and legacy HTML exports✓✓✓✓✓
Instapaper import×✓CSV export with folders, archive, and starred state✓✓✓✓×
CSV / JSON export✓CSV, PDF, Google Sheets✓Export to CSV or JSON. Import plain CSV/TSV plus Omnivore, Raindrop.io, Pinboard, and Wallabag export files.−HTML, CSV, TXT only✓Via API✓−Partial✓HTML + CSV
Send to Kindle×✓EPUB delivered to your Kindle email×✓−Pro×✓Premium
Import Kindle highlights×✓From My Clippings.txt, no Amazon login required×✓Via Readwise Kindle sync (Amazon account login)×××

Move a Dewey export into Keep

Dewey gates CSV, PDF, and media exports behind Pro or a 48-hour Export Pass. Use CSV for the move.

  1. 1Export the Dewey library as CSV.
  2. 2Keep the original file untouched.
  3. 3Open Settings, Data, then Import.
  4. 4Choose Bookmarks from another app.
  5. 5Map URL, title, notes, tags, collections, and saved dates in the preview.

Import guide

About Dewey

Dewey is a niche tool aimed at one specific problem: saving and organising bookmarks from social platforms. It ingests from X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Mastodon, Substack, and Truth Social, and puts them in a unified library with AI auto-tagging and nested folders. Browser extension (Chrome) and web app only, no native mobile. Pricing: Free (manual sync, one account), Pro at $10/mo monthly or $7.50/mo annually, Lifetime at $225, and a $50 one-off Export Pass that unlocks export for 48 hours without a full subscription.

Frequently asked questions

If you want a dedicated social UI and you are fine staying in that shape, yes. Pro is $10/month or $7.50/month billed annually, with a $225 lifetime option. If you only need a CSV or JSON file, use a browser exporter such as ilo instead of paying Dewey for the social product. If X is one source among articles and videos, Keep is the better home.

No. Dewey is web plus Chrome extension. Raindrop and Readwise Reader have real mobile apps. Keep does not ship native iOS or Android yet; capture is extension, web, and email.

CSV, PDF, and Google Sheets sit behind Pro or a $50 Export Pass that lasts 48 hours. Raindrop exports on every tier. Keep imports Dewey CSV through the normal bookmark importer and lets you export the Keep library later as Markdown, CSV, or JSON.

No. Keep stores a library. ilo exports private X bookmarks and likes to CSV or JSON in Chrome. Use ilo (or Bookmark Save) for the file, then import into Keep only if you want those posts as Markdown next to everything else.

Dewey does. Keep does through the $5/month X Sync add-on, with CSV or JSON import on every plan for a one-time dump. Raindrop and Reader can save individual posts. They do not ingest your private X bookmark list as a source.

Dewey's free tier covers manual sync for one account. Raindrop's free tier is generous for general bookmarks but will not auto-pull X. ilo has a free export tier with a cap; larger dumps are paid. Keep Starter is free for ordinary bookmark saves, not for automatic X sync.

Raindrop, for nested collections, tags, and public folders. Dewey is strong inside a social-only library. Keep organises by search, tags, projects, and notes rather than trying to beat Raindrop's bookmark chrome.

Dewey syncs those networks. Most other tools save a post the same way they save any URL, through an extension or share sheet. Keep can save a public post as Markdown. It does not try to be a multi-network social bookmark client.

Readwise Reader, Raindrop, Instapaper, and Keep. Dewey does not. Scripting a social-only Dewey library means staying in Dewey or leaving.

Raindrop, Readwise Reader, Matter, and Keep. Dewey does not want to be a read-later app. If your saves are mixed, do not stretch Dewey.

Raindrop and Keep. Dewey does not. If the point of leaving is agent access to full article Markdown, that is Keep's job, not a Dewey-shaped clone.

Only as a 48-hour unlock. $50 is a lot next to Raindrop Pro at $3/month with export included, or a dedicated X exporter if you never wanted Dewey's product. If you are staying on Dewey, Pro is the less painful way to export.

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