Archives AlternativesWeb Archiving Services and other similar apps like Archives

Archives is described as 'Every day, countless of websites go offline for good. High server costs, government censorship, venture capitalism are some of the threats, many of your favorite websites are facing' and is a Web Archiving service in the news & books category. There are nine alternatives to Archives for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Google Chrome and Web-based apps. The best Archives alternative is Kiwix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Archives are ArchiveBox, SiteSucker, Webrecorder and WebArchives.

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  1. Kiwix icon

    Kiwix

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    Kiwix enables you to have the whole Wikipedia at hand wherever you go! You don't need Internet, everything is stored on your computer, USB flash drive or DVD!.

    23 Kiwix alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Wine
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Kiwix viewing a page on Paris

    Kiwix Features

    1.  Save web page for offline use
    2.  Portable
    3.  Offline Reading
    4.  Wiki
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Data portability
    9.  Reading
    10.  Offline

    Kiwix VS Archives

     

    • Kiwix is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Archives.

    • Kiwix is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Archives.

    • Kiwix is Free and Open SourceArchives is also Free and Open Source
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    ArchiveBox

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    Self-hosted archiving platform storing web content as HTML, PDFs, screenshots, media, and WARC files; imports links from bookmarks, RSS, or files; supports browser history, complex sites, JSON indexing, Git repo archiving, regular scheduling, and offline browsing.

    61 ArchiveBox alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    ArchiveBox screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Network Tools
    2.  Website screenshots

    ArchiveBox VS Archives

     

    • ArchiveBox is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Archives.

    • ArchiveBox is Free and Open SourceArchives is also Free and Open Source
    • ArchiveBox is Privacy focusedArchives is not according to our users
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    SiteSucker

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    macOS application that automatically downloads websites from the Internet. It does this by asynchronously copying the site's webpages, images, PDFs, style sheets, and other files to your local hard drive, duplicating the site's directory structure.

    41 SiteSucker alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    SiteSucker screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Password Generator

    SiteSucker VS Archives

     

    • SiteSucker is the most popular commercial alternative to Archives.

    • SiteSucker is Paid and ProprietaryArchives is Free and Open Source
    • SiteSucker is LightweightArchives is not according to our users
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    Webrecorder

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    Webrecorder provides a suite of open source tools and packages to capture interactive websites and replay them at a later time as accurately as possible.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Webrecorder Features

    1.  Bookmarking
    2.  Bookmarks

    Webrecorder VS Archives

     

    • Webrecorder is the most popular Web-based alternative to Archives.

    • Webrecorder is Free and Open SourceArchives is also Free and Open Source
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    WebArchives

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    A web archives viewer offering the ability to browse offline millions of articles from large community projects such as Wikipedia or Wikisource.

    7 WebArchives alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK+
    • GNOME
    WebArchives screenshot 1

    WebArchives Features

    1.  Gtk
    2.  Wiki

    WebArchives VS Archives

     
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    PageArchiver

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    PageArchiver (previously called "Scrapbook for SingleFile") is a Chrome extension that helps you to archive web pages for offline reading.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    PageArchiver screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Latest commit on May 5, 2013. See https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/Scrapbook-for-SingleFile

    PageArchiver Features

    1.  Save web page for offline use

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    Web Archives

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    Web Archives is a browser extension that enables you to find archived and cached versions of web pages. Searches can be initiated from the context menu and the browser toolbar.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Opera
    • Firefox
    Web Archives screenshot 1

    Web Archives Features

    1.  Browser extension

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  10. Web Archiving Integration Layer (WAIL) icon

    Web Archiving Integration Layer (WAIL)

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    Web Archiving Integration Layer (WAIL) is a graphical user interface (GUI) atop multiple web archiving tools intended to be used as an easy way for anyone to preserve and replay web pages.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Web Archiving Integration Layer (WAIL) screenshot 1

    Web Archiving Integration Layer (WAIL) VS Archives

     
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    Browsertrix

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    Archive entire websites with Browsertrix, a cloud-native web archiving platform from Webrecorder. With high-fidelity crawling and advanced quality assurance tools, Browsertrix empowers you to create, view, curate, and share archives with confidence.

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes

    Browsertrix Features

    1.  Ad-free

    Browsertrix VS Archives

     
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