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Wayback

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Introduction

Wayback is an invaluable tool for those looking to archive web content. This self-hosted solution allows you to archive web pages on-demand, ensuring that you always have access to the content you need. It's specifically designed to work with the Internet Archive, but also supports additional archives, making it versatile and adaptable.

GitHub - wabarc/wayback: An archiving tool with an IM-style interface that prioritizes privacy and accessibility, integrated with various archival services including Internet Archive, archive.today, IPFS, Telegraph, and file systems.
An archiving tool with an IM-style interface that prioritizes privacy and accessibility, integrated with various archival services including Internet Archive, archive.today, IPFS, Telegraph, and fi…

Features

The key feature of Wayback is its ability to capture a snapshot of any webpage at any given time. It takes the 'live' page, makes a complete copy of it, including all text and media elements, then stores it safely in your chosen archive. This 'way back' capability provides a valuable resource for referencing historical data or information that might otherwise be updated or lost.

Further enhancing its archiving capabilities, Wayback also provides the option for users to schedule automatic captures. This makes it ideal for tracking changes over time on dynamic websites or those that update frequently. Additionally, because Wayback is self-hosted, you have complete control over your data and can manage your archives according to your specific needs.


With 1375 GitHub stars and the latest commit on 2023-05-26 the project looks healthy.