Wayback Machine AlternativesWeb Archiving Services and other similar apps like Wayback Machine

Apps similar to Wayback Machine include Internet Archive, which is free. Other options are ArchiveBox, Archive.today, Ghost Archive and Archive-It. You're spoiled for choice with Web Archiving Services like Wayback Machine: we list more than 25 alternatives for the web, Mac, Windows, Linux and self-hosting.

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  1. Internet Archive icon
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    The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, it provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public.

    42 Internet Archive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  2. ArchiveBox icon
     93 likes

    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.

    74 ArchiveBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Homebrew
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  3. Archive.today icon
     104 likes

    Archive.today allows you to "take a photo" of a webpage that will always be available even if the original page changes or is deleted.

    19 Archive.today alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
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  4. Archive-It icon
     5 likes

    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.

    15 Archive-It alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. PreserveTube icon
     9 likes

    Preservetube is an open-source YouTube archiving tool designed to help preserve and protect online videos from being lost due to censorship, copyright takedowns, or other reasons. Our mission is to make it easy for anyone to download and archive their favorite YouTube videos for...

    9 PreserveTube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. MirrorWeb icon
     3 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. Perma.cc icon
     3 likes

    Perma.cc is a service that helps anyone who needs to cite to the web create links to their references that will never break. Perma.cc prevents link rot.

    20 Perma.cc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. A daily recurring capture service is available to help preserve the digital world. The service provides an easy solution for archiving any website on a daily basis, ensuring that even the most dynamic content is captured and preserved for future generations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Archive Page icon
     6 likes

    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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Firefox
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  10. Resurrect Pages icon
     14 likes

    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
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