How do I import my Instapaper articles into Marqly?

Instapaper lets you export your saved articles in standard formats — HTML and CSV. Take the HTML export, sign in to Marqly, and import it: the HTML bookmark format is exactly what Marqly’s importer reads. Your Instapaper backlog comes across as saved links, and Marqly’s AI auto-tags each one, so the pile you meant to read someday becomes a library you can actually search.

The migration path

1. Export your articles from Instapaper — use the HTML export, since that’s the standard bookmark format.
2. Sign in at app.marqly.com; the free tier requires no credit card.
3. Import the HTML file into Marqly.

Marqly imports standard bookmark HTML — the same format browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari export — so the Instapaper HTML export slots straight into the same flow. After the import, AI tagging runs automatically over every article. No folders to rebuild, no manual sorting session.

What you gain over a classic read-it-later queue

Instapaper’s model is a clean reading queue. The failure mode most people hit is the queue itself: hundreds of unread articles with no way to find the one you actually need. Marqly attacks that directly:

• AI auto-tagging files every article the moment it lands — including your entire import
• AI summaries let you triage a backlog fast instead of reading linearly
• Semantic search finds saves by meaning: describe the article, get the article

If you’re still choosing your next tool, the wider field is covered in the best Instapaper alternatives in 2026, and the category basics are in what is a read-it-later app.

Consolidating multiple services

Many Instapaper users also have a Pocket export from that service’s 2025 shutdown, plus years of browser bookmarks. Marqly imports all three sources — see how do I import from Pocket and how do I import Chrome bookmarks — so everything ends up in one searchable place.