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WebScrapBook

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A browser extension that captures web pages to local device or backend server for future retrieval, organization, annotation, and edit.

Capture web pages with WebScrapBook.

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Mac  As Firefox and Chrome extension
  • Windows  As Firefox and Chrome extension
  • Linux  As Firefox and Chrome extension
  • Android  As a browser extension of Firefox for Android or Chromium-based (Kiwi, Yandex, etc.)
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Vivaldi Browser
  • Google Chrome
  • Opera
  • Firefox
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Properties

  1.  Customizable

Features

  1.  Full-Text Search
  2.  Built-in viewer
  3.  Support for MarkDown
  4.  Capture web pages
  5.  Website Downloader
  6.  Save web page for offline use
  7.  MAFF archive support
  8.  Static Site Generator
  9.  Browser extension

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WebScrapBook information

  • Developed by

    Danny Lin
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    41 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  999 Stars
  •  128 Forks
  •  37 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 11, 2025 
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WebScrapBook was added to AlternativeTo by danny0838 on Nov 26, 2017 and this page was last updated Sep 27, 2021.

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Top Positive Comment
bern2k1
Jun 30, 2021
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I used to use the old Scrapbook extension for Firefox which became defunct with Firefox 57. WebScrapBook is a perfect replacement for newer browsers.

(Web)ScrapBook is amongst the most useful browser extension out there. It allows you to save and, annotate and markup (highlight) webpages that you come across whilst browsing the internet. It is an excellent tool for research. And on top its free. This extension deserves to be more popular.

The unique selling point of (Web)ScrapBook is, that it completely resides within your browser. It's not connected to any service that siphons off your personal and private data.

What is WebScrapBook?

WebScrapBook is a browser extension that captures the web page faithfully with various archive formats and customizable configurations, for future retrieval, organization, annotation, and editing. This project inherits from legacy Firefox add-on ScrapBook X.

Features:

  1. Capture faithfully: A web page shown in the browser can be captured without losing any subtle detail. Metadata such as source URL and timestamp are also recorded.
  2. Customizable capture: WebScrapBook can save selected area in a page, save source page (before processed by scripts), or save page as a bookmark. How to capture images, audio, video, fonts, frames, styles, scripts, etc. are also customizable. A web page can be saved as a folder, a ZIP-based archive file (HTZ or MAFF), or a single HTML file.
  3. Organizable collections: Captured pages can be organized in the browser sidebar using one or more "scrapbooks". A scrapbook holds a hierarchical tree structure to organize data items, and can be further indexed for a rich-feature search (using a combination of title, fulltext keywords, custom comment, source URL, or other metadata). (*)
  4. Page editing: A web page can be highlighted, annotated, or edited before or after a capture. You can additionally create and manage notes using HTML or markdown format. (*)
  5. Remote access: Captured data can be hosted with a central backend server and be read or edited from other devices. Alternatively, a static site index can be generated for a scrapbook, which can therefore be hosted on a shared web server that doesn't support dynamic web hosting. (*)
  6. Mobile support: WebScrapBook supports mobile browsers such as Firefox for Android and Kiwi browser.
  7. Legacy ScrapBook support: Scrapbooks created from legacy ScrapBook (X) can be converted into WebScrapBook-compliant format for usage. (*) • All or partial functionality of a starred feature above requires a running collaborating backend server, which can be easily set up using PyWebScrapBook.