Import Your Bookmarks From Pocket, Raindrop, or X in 3 Steps

Mozilla announced in July 2024 that Pocket would shut down on July 8, 2025. For millions of people who built years of reading lists and research collections inside Pocket, that deadline created a real problem: where do you move a library of thousands of bookmarks without losing the structure you've built?

SaveSync is a direct Pocket alternative for 2026. The importer handles Pocket's HTML export format natively, preserving your folder structure (Pocket calls them tags, which map directly to SaveSync tags), read/unread state, and the original save dates. A typical Pocket library of 3,000–5,000 links imports in under a minute. Beyond Pocket, the same importer handles Raindrop.io collections, X/Twitter likes archives, Chrome bookmarks, and Safari Reading List exports — so wherever your links currently live, you have a path to SaveSync.

What we preserve from each platform

The importer isn't just a URL dump. It reads the structural metadata each platform exports:

• Folders and collections: Pocket tags become SaveSync tags. Raindrop collections become SaveSync folders, with nested collections preserved as sub-folders. Chrome bookmark folders map directly to SaveSync folders.
• Tags: Any explicit tagging from Pocket or Raindrop carries over. X like archives don't export tags, so those get auto-tagged with #xlikes for easy filtering.
• Notes and descriptions: Pocket item notes and Raindrop notes import as the bookmark's description field and remain editable.
• Read state: Pocket's "archived" items import with a read status flag. You can filter the Vault by read status to separate your backlog from completed reads.
• Original save date: Import preserves the original timestamp, so your Vault's chronological order reflects when you actually saved each link, not when you migrated.

1. Pick your import source

Open Settings → Import and you'll see the <ImportPicker> grid — every supported platform displayed as a tile. Click the platform you're importing from to select it. The tile highlights and a short description explains what file format to prepare.

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Import from

Pocket

Raindrop

X Likes

Chrome

Instagram

LinkedIn

2. Upload your export file

After selecting a platform, the file upload modal opens. Drag and drop your export file or click to browse. SaveSync accepts the exact file formats each platform produces — no conversion needed. A progress bar shows parsing status as the importer reads your file.

For large archives (10,000+ links), parsing may take 20–30 seconds. The importer runs entirely server-side, so you can close the modal and come back — your import job continues in the background and you'll get a notification when it completes.

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Upload Pocket export

Drop ocket_backup.html here

or click to browse

Parsing 1,920 of 3,200 links…

3. Review the import summary

When parsing completes, a result banner shows exactly what landed in your Vault: total links imported, folders created, tags preserved, and any links that were skipped (usually due to malformed URLs or inaccessible paywall content). Click "View imported links" to open a filtered Vault view showing only the items from this import session.

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Import complete

Imported 3,200 links across 24 folders · 892 tags preserved

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View imported links

Step-by-step export guides

Exporting from Pocket

1. Go to getpocket.com/export while logged in.
2. Click "Export HTML file". Pocket generates ocket_backup.html — a single HTML file listing all your saves with metadata.
3. Upload this file to SaveSync's importer. No format conversion needed.

Pocket's export includes: URL, title, time added, and tags. It does not export full article content — for that, archive your saves in SaveSync after import.

Exporting from Raindrop

1. Open raindrop.io/settings/export.
2. Choose "CSV" format (recommended for maximum metadata fidelity) or "HTML".
3. Click "Export". Raindrop sends a download link to your email — typically within a few minutes.

Raindrop CSV exports include: URL, title, description, folder path, tags, and creation date. Nested collections are represented as slash-separated paths (Work/Design/Inspiration) which SaveSync recreates as nested folders.

Exporting your X/Twitter likes archive

1. Go to your X account settings → "Your account" → "Download an archive of your data".
2. Request the archive. X emails a download link within 24 hours.
3. Unzip the archive, locate data/like.js inside the zip, and upload that file to SaveSync.

X likes export includes: tweet URL and tweet ID. SaveSync fetches additional metadata (author, text preview) for each tweet at import time if the tweet is still accessible.

What we don't import yet

SaveSync's importer is thorough but not complete. A few things we haven't built yet:

• Instapaper and Readwise: export format support is in progress, targeted for Q3 2026.
• Firefox and Safari history: we import bookmarks from both, but browsing history imports are not supported — only explicit bookmark saves.
• Pinboard: Pinboard's XML export format is on the roadmap. For now, the workaround is to export Pinboard as Netscape HTML, which the Chrome bookmarks importer can parse.
• Kindle highlights: a Kindle Highlights importer is planned but not yet scoped for a specific release.

If you're migrating from a source not listed here, the CSV importer accepts a generic format: one URL per row, with optional title, folder, tags, and date columns.

Once your library is in SaveSync, check out how to organize your Vault for folder and tag strategies that scale as your collection grows. And if you're moving thousands of links, SaveSync's search ensures you can always find what you imported.