About
About Tuck
An indie team building the read-later app we wished Pocket had become.
In 2012, I installed Read It Later. In 2015, it became Pocket. In 2025, Mozilla shut it down.
I had 4,000 articles saved. I’d read maybe 60 of them. When Pocket disappeared, I realized I didn’t want another free app owned by someone else’s balance sheet. I wanted something built to last.
That’s Tuck. Built in the Netherlands, funded by subscriptions, exportable forever. We’re not trying to be a unicorn. We’re trying to be the read-later app that’s still around in 2036, the same way Instapaper was still around in 2024, only with active development this time.
Darryl Leyten, founder
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Our values
What we’re betting on.
Indie
No VCs. No ads. Just you paying us for software.
Sustainable
A business model that doesn't require getting acquired.
Private by default
Your reading is not a product we sell.
Open data
Your library exports in one click. Always free, always your format.
The team
Four people, one office above a bakery.
Darryl Leyten
Founder & engineer
Engineer at three startups before Tuck. Long-time Pocket user until Mozilla shut it down in 2025; that loss is what made building this app feel necessary. Builds the app he wanted to use for the next fifteen years.
Three more teammates land here as we hire. We’re a small team on purpose.