Distinguish the hosted service from the software
Omnivore’s official README says the cloud service was deprecated in November 2024 and describes the project as self-hosted. Its code remained publicly available, and the repository describes continuing community updates and bug fixes. The hosted-service closure does not mean the software disappeared (official README, ElevenLabs announcement).
The team joined ElevenLabs, announced October 29, 2024. That establishes the team transition, without settling every legal detail of asset ownership. For your next step, focus on whether you want to operate a deployment or use KnowMan’s existing web app (official announcement).
Respect what the documented workflow already does
Omnivore documents full-text search across content, title, description and site, with advanced filters and relevance sorting. Its web-beta rules engine uses search conditions to trigger actions, including automatic labels and archiving. Those are substantive capabilities, rather than gaps to invent (search documentation, rules documentation).
Its documentation also describes newsletter ingestion through email and native RSS and Atom subscriptions. If those sources shape your day, include them in your deployment evaluation and verify the behavior of the version you intend to run (official README, feed documentation).
Choose self-hosting with concrete requirements
The official repository includes a self-hosting guide. Review its deployment instructions against the environment you plan to maintain. Avoid deciding from a vague label such as easy or difficult: define your requirements and verify them in the deployment you would actually use (official repository).
List who will handle the server, backups and updates in your intended setup. Estimate the infrastructure you need before choosing it. This page assigns no hosting price or maintenance-time estimate, and does not assume that every historical hosted feature works unchanged in a new deployment.
Try KnowMan’s decision workflow on its own terms
KnowMan reads saved articles in full, organizes them automatically and answers questions with citations from your reading. Free includes unlimited saving, full-text search, unlimited highlights and annotations, Memories and five Ask questions a day. Check the cited passages before relying on an answer.
Memories keep decisions and their reasons beside the reading behind them. Test a complete task: save references, ask a question, check the answer and record your conclusion. The useful comparison is how that sequence fits your work, without claiming complete replacement of another product.
Bring agents into the evaluation
KnowMan exposes six MCP tools: kb_search, kb_get_item, kb_ask, kb_memories, kb_recent and kb_save. Claude, Codex, Cursor and your own MCP agents can read the same knowledge base. Agents can read Memories but cannot write them; they can save new links with the permissions you choose.
Try a task that needs a previous decision and its supporting source. Ask the agent to retrieve both before continuing. This gives you something specific to judge: whether the recorded context helps the next piece of work begin from your thinking.
Inspect retained exports and compare ongoing plans
KnowMan lists Omnivore as an import source, but the supplied facts do not establish accepted export formats. If you retained a file, preserve the original and check current importer compatibility. Do not assume JSON or ZIP acceptance, complete article recovery or unchanged labels without testing.
KnowMan Pro costs $12.99 a month or $99 a year. It includes semantic search, Ask without the daily limit, feeds, newsletters, ingestion rules, summaries, API access and Obsidian, Logseq and EPUB export. New accounts get 14 days of Pro without a credit card, then can stay on Free and keep their saves.
Sources and review date
Last checked 2026-11-05. Official sources: README, team announcement, search, rules, feeds, self-hosting repository.