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A Proxy to enable the Kobo Clara to use Omnivore over Pocket for it's articles.

5 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 0 stories, 5 comments · first 2023-07-09 · latest 2026-08-21

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  1. Previously I built something using NickelHook https://github.com/Podginator/KoboOmnivoreConverter It took a lot of messing around trying to figure out how nickel fit together. This is much more … impressive.
    comment by podgietaru · 2026-08-21 · in Kobo can run apps now
  2. …Use this proxy to point to the Self-Hosted instance to pull from Omnivore Instead. https://github.com/Podginator/KoboOmnivoreConverter This is what I've been doing for a year or so now. I hope they don't remove the Kobo integration code…
    comment by podgietaru · 2025-05-22 · in Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot
  3. …and had a tool specifically to replace it with another service. I see others created a fork too. https://github.com/Podginator/KoboOmnivoreConverter They'll probably remove it now, and I am devastated about that, because I still use it…
    comment by podgietaru · 2025-05-22 · in Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot
  4. …- Omnivore - and spent my time hacking away at my Kobo to get it to pull from there instead. https://github.com/Podginator/KoboOmnivoreConverter I think Pocket was amazing. I think the idea worked amazingly for someone like me, who is an…
    comment by podgietaru · 2025-05-22 · in Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot
  5. …a proxy to use omnivore ( https://omnivore.app ), an open source alternative on my Kobo ereader. https://github.com/Podginator/KoboOmnivoreConverter I have used pocket for over a decade. They finally broke the camels back. Why a company…
    comment by podgietaru · 2023-07-09 · in Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)