TheOldNet Alternatives

TheOldNet is described as 'The Old Net is an attempt to restore vintage web browsing on vintage computers. It uses the Internet Archive: Wayback Machine API and a proxy that strips out any incompatible javascript and stitches together as many links as it can' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to TheOldNet, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best TheOldNet alternative is Wayback Machine, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to TheOldNet are ArchiveBox, Archive.today, Resurrect Pages and Archive Page.

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  1. Wayback Machine icon
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    With the power of the Wayback Machine, you can go back in time to see how a website has changed and evolved through the history of the Web.

    26 Wayback Machine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
    • Wayback Machine is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to TheOldNet.

    • Wayback Machine is the most popular free alternative to TheOldNet.

    • Wayback Machine is Free and ProprietaryTheOldNet is also Free and Proprietary
  2. ArchiveBox icon
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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.

    63 ArchiveBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • ArchiveBox is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to TheOldNet.

    • ArchiveBox is the most popular Open Source alternative to TheOldNet.

    • ArchiveBox is Free and Open SourceTheOldNet is Free and Proprietary
    • ArchiveBox is Privacy focusedTheOldNet is not according to our users
  3. Resurrect Pages icon
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    Dead pages, broken links, the scourge of the internet. Powerhouse sites like Slashdot and Digg can bring a server to its knees. What do we do when a page is dead but we still want to see it? Call in the clerics, and perform a resurrection ceremony!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
  4. Archive Page icon
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    Adds a button to the Mozilla Firefox toolbar. When clicked, it sends the URL of the current tab to archive.today to preserve a snapshot of the page, and opens the result in a new tab.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Firefox
     
  5. Time Travel icon
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    Browse through billion of web pages archived from 1996 from several services : Internet Archive Waybackmachine, Archive-It, British Library, archive.today, GitHub and many more!

    11 Time Travel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Free online service for freezing web pages. Save, share and prove what is on the web at a specific point of time.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Captures screenshots, downloads source code, and monitors DNS records helping you keep track of changes on your websites without needing to restore from a backup. Think of it like the Wayback Machine on steroids.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • My Site Archive is the most popular SaaS alternative to TheOldNet.

    • My Site Archive is the most popular commercial alternative to TheOldNet.

    • My Site Archive is Paid and Open SourceTheOldNet is Free and Proprietary
  8. Archive-It icon
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    Archive-It is a service that allows institutions to preserve materials they have archived from the web. It includes an online account for users to create, describe, manage, and download their web archive collections and access options to search and browse these archives.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    GeocitiesArchive.org is a Geocities Archive / Mirror. It's a website dedicated to the memory of the early internet featuring full text search with Artificial Intelligence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. MirrorWeb icon
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    Website archiving and monitoring solution helping financial services firms capture legally admissible records of their websites, drive compliance costs down and improve efficiency through compliance automation.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Stillio is an automatic screenshot service. With Stillio you can make daily screenshots of webpages to create, manage and share a pixel perfect archive of websites and social media channels.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
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