Open Pocket Backend Server

The open source successor of getpocket

Background

• open-pocket organization was started with the goal of creating an open source alternative to getpocket

• in 2025, getpocket decided to shut down.

• open-pocket tries to be 100% compatible with getpocket API specification, so all existing clients work seamlessly

Current Status

• database schemas defined
• most database controllers have been written
• email/password based authentication added
• JWT token based authentication mechanism fully functional
• Access token/Refresh token functionality added
• unit tests written for all dbcontrollers using vitest

Technologies

• fastify + typescript (main framework)
• main database: postgresql
• drizzle ORM
• redis (currently used on authentication endpoints)
• vitest for testing
• bitnami docker containers for redis and postgres database