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<div align="center">
<em><img src="https://archivebox.io/icon.png" height="90px"></em>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center; width: 100%">
<img src="https://archivebox.io/icon.png" height="90px"/>
<h1>ArchiveBox<br/><sub>Open-source self-hosted web archiving.</sub></h1>
<br/>
▶️ <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Quickstart">Quickstart</a> |
<a href="https://demo.archivebox.io">Demo</a> |
<a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox">GitHub</a> |
<a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki">Documentation</a> |
<a href="#background--motivation">Info & Motivation</a> |
<a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community">Community</a>
▶️ <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Quickstart">Quickstart</a> | <a href="https://demo.archivebox.io">Demo</a> | <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox">GitHub</a> | <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki">Documentation</a> | <a href="#background--motivation">Info & Motivation</a> | <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community">Community</a>
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<a href="https://pypi.org/project/archivebox/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-yellow.svg?logo=python&logoColor=yellow"/></a>
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<!--<pre lang="bash" align="left"><code style="white-space: pre-line; text-align: left" align="left">
curl -sSL 'https://get.archivebox.io' | sh # (or see pip/brew/Docker instructions below)
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📥 **You can feed ArchiveBox URLs one at a time, or schedule regular imports** from browser bookmarks or history, feeds like RSS, bookmark services like Pocket/Pinboard, and more. See <a href="#input-formats">input formats</a> for a full list.
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/90f1ce3c-75bb-401d-88ed-6297694b76ae" alt="snapshot detail page" align="right" width="190px"/>
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/90f1ce3c-75bb-401d-88ed-6297694b76ae" alt="snapshot detail page" align="right" width="190px" style="float: right"/>
💾 **It saves snapshots of the URLs you feed it in several redundant formats.**
It also detects any content featured *inside* each webpage & extracts it out into a folder:
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The goal is to sleep soundly knowing the part of the internet you care about will be automatically preserved in durable, easily accessible formats [for decades](#background--motivation) after it goes down.
<div align="center">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center">
<br/><br/>
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/5a7d95f2-6977-4de6-9f08-42851a1fe1d2" height="70px" alt="bookshelf graphic"> &nbsp; <img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/b2765a33-0d1e-4019-a1db-920c7e00e20e" height="75px" alt="logo" align="top"/> &nbsp; <img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/5a7d95f2-6977-4de6-9f08-42851a1fe1d2" height="70px" alt="bookshelf graphic">
<br/><br/>
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```bash
# Get ArchiveBox with Docker or Docker Compose (recommended)
docker run -v $PWD/data:/data -it archivebox/archivebox:dev init --setup
docker run -v $PWD/data:/data -p 8000:8000 -it archivebox/archivebox
# Or install with your preferred package manager (see Quickstart below for apt, brew, and more)
pip3 install archivebox
pip install archivebox
# Or use the optional auto setup script to install it
curl -sSL 'https://get.archivebox.io' | sh
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ls ./archive/*/index.json # or browse directly via the filesystem
```
<div align="center">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center">
<br/><br/>
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/8d67382c-e0ce-4286-89f7-7915f09b930c" width="22%" alt="cli init screenshot" align="top">
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/dad2bc51-e7e5-484e-bb26-f956ed692d16" width="22%" alt="cli init screenshot" align="top">
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<div align="center">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center">
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<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/0db52ea7-4a2c-441d-b47f-5553a5d8fe96" width="49%" alt="grass"/><img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/0db52ea7-4a2c-441d-b47f-5553a5d8fe96" width="49%" alt="grass"/>
</div>
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#### ✳️&nbsp; Easy Setup
<details>
<details open>
<summary><b><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/511499/117447182-29758200-af0b-11eb-97bd-58723fee62ab.png" alt="Docker" height="28px" align="top"/> <code>docker-compose</code></b> (macOS/Linux/Windows) &nbsp; <b>👈&nbsp; recommended</b> &nbsp; <i>(click to expand)</i></summary>
<br/>
<i>👍 Docker Compose is recommended for the easiest install/update UX + best security + all the <a href="#dependencies">extras</a> out-of-the-box.</i>
<br/><br/>
<ol>
<li>Install <a href="https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/">Docker</a> and <a href="https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/#install-using-pip">Docker Compose</a> on your system (if not already installed).</li>
<li>Install <a href="https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/">Docker</a> on your system (if not already installed).</li>
<li>Download the <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/dev/docker-compose.yml" download><code>docker-compose.yml</code></a> file into a new empty directory (can be anywhere).
<pre lang="bash"><code style="white-space: pre-line">mkdir ~/archivebox && cd ~/archivebox
curl -O 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/dev/docker-compose.yml'
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<li>Run the initial setup and create an admin user.
<pre lang="bash"><code style="white-space: pre-line">docker compose run archivebox init --setup
</code></pre></li>
<li>Optional: Start the server then login to the Web UI <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000">http://127.0.0.1:8000</a> ⇢ Admin.
<li>Next steps: Start the server then login to the Web UI <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000">http://127.0.0.1:8000</a> ⇢ Admin.
<pre lang="bash"><code style="white-space: pre-line">docker compose up
# completely optional, CLI can always be used without running a server
# docker compose run [-T] archivebox [subcommand] [--args]
docker compose run archivebox add 'https://example.com'
</code></pre></li>
</ol>
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<li>Arch: <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/archivebox/"><code>yay -S archivebox</code></a> (contributed by <a href="https://github.com/imlonghao"><code>@imlonghao</code></a>)</li>
<li>FreeBSD: <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox#%EF%B8%8F-easy-setup"><code>curl -sSL 'https://get.archivebox.io' | sh</code></a> (uses <code>pkg</code> + <code>pip3</code> under-the-hood)</li>
<li>Nix: <a href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/misc/archivebox/default.nix"><code>nix-env --install archivebox</code></a> (contributed by <a href="https://github.com/siraben"><code>@siraben</code></a>)</li>
<li>Guix: <a href="https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/archivebox/"><code>guix install archivebox</code></a> (contributed by <a href="https://github.com/rakino"><code>@rakino</code></a>)</li>
<li>More: <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/new"><i>contribute another distribution...!</i></a></li>
</ul>
See <a href="#%EF%B8%8F-cli-usage">below</a> for usage examples using the CLI, Web UI, or filesystem/SQL/Python to manage your archive.
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<br/>
</details>
<details>
<summary><img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/0c46e949-00fe-49c8-a613-ee14501c014c" alt="Self-hosting Platforms" height="28px" align="top"/><b>TrueNAS / YunoHost / Cloudron / UNRAID / etc.</b> (self-hosting solutions)</summary>
<br/>
> [!WARNING]
> *These are contributed by external volunteers and may lag behind the official `pip` channel.*
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dev.to/finloop/setting-up-archivebox-on-truenas-scale-1788">TrueNAS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://unraid.net/community/apps?q=archivebox#r">UnRaid</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/archivebox_ynh">Yunohost</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudron.io/store/io.archivebox.cloudronapp.html">Cloudron</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/pull/922/files#diff-00f0606e18b2618c3cc1667ca7c2b703b537af690ca71eba1330633587dcb1ee">AppImage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/986">Umbrel</a> (need contributors...)</li>
<li>More: <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/new"><i>contribute another distribution...!</i></a></li>
</ul>
See <a href="#%EF%B8%8F-cli-usage">below</a> for usage examples using the CLI, Web UI, or filesystem/SQL/Python to manage your archive.
<br/><br/>
</details>
<details>
<summary><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/511499/117448723-1663b180-af0d-11eb-837f-d43959227810.png" alt="paid" height="27px" align="top"/> Paid hosting solutions (cloud VPS)</summary>
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#### 🖥&nbsp; Web UI Usage
```bash
archivebox manage createsuperuser # set an admin password
archivebox manage createsuperuser # create admin user via CLI (or use ADMIN_PASSWORD env variable)
archivebox server 0.0.0.0:8000 # open http://127.0.0.1:8000 to view it
# you can also configure whether or not login is required for most features
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```
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<div align="center">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center">
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/65f82532-18dd-49c5-86f1-02b1f3100e1e" width="49%" alt="grass"/><img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/65f82532-18dd-49c5-86f1-02b1f3100e1e" width="49%" alt="grass"/>
</div>
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<div align="center">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center">
<sub>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</sub>
<br/><br/>
<a href="https://demo.archivebox.io">DEMO: <code>https://demo.archivebox.io</code></a><br/>
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---
<div align="center">
<div align="center" style="text-align: center">
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/ac1f897a-8baa-4f8b-8ee8-7443611f258b" width="96%" alt="lego">
</div>
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- <img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/64078483-21d7-4eb1-aa6e-9ad55afe45b8" height="22px"/> TXT, RSS, XML, JSON, CSV, SQL, HTML, Markdown, or [any other text-based format...](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Usage#Import-a-list-of-URLs-from-a-text-file)
- <img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/32b494e6-4de1-4984-8d88-dc02f18e5c34" height="22px"/> [Browser history](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Quickstart#2-get-your-list-of-urls-to-archive) or [browser bookmarks](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Quickstart#2-get-your-list-of-urls-to-archive) (see instructions for: [Chrome](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en), [Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer), [Safari](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/24ad068e-0fa6-41f4-a7ff-4c26fc91f71a), [IE](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/211089/how-to-import-and-export-the-internet-explorer-favorites-folder-to-a-32-bit-version-of-windows), [Opera](https://help.opera.com/en/latest/features/#bookmarks:~:text=Click%20the%20import/-,export%20button,-on%20the%20bottom), [and more...](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Quickstart#2-get-your-list-of-urls-to-archive))
- <img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/ff20d251-5347-4b85-ae9b-83037d0ac01e" height="22px"/> Browser extension [`archivebox-exporter`](https://github.com/tjhorner/archivebox-exporter) (realtime archiving from Chrome/Chromium/Firefox)
- <img src="https://getpocket.com/favicon.ico" height="22px"/> [Pocket](https://getpocket.com/export), [Pinboard](https://pinboard.in/export/), [Instapaper](https://www.instapaper.com/user), [Shaarli](https://shaarli.readthedocs.io/en/master/Usage/#importexport), [Delicious](https://www.groovypost.com/howto/howto/export-delicious-bookmarks-xml/), [Reddit Saved](https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit), [Wallabag](https://doc.wallabag.org/en/user/import/wallabagv2.html), [Unmark.it](http://help.unmark.it/import-export), [OneTab](https://www.addictivetips.com/web/onetab-save-close-all-chrome-tabs-to-restore-export-or-import/), [and more...](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Quickstart#2-get-your-list-of-urls-to-archive)
- <img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/4f7bd318-265c-4235-ad25-38be89946b12" height="22px"/> Proxy archiving with [`archivebox-proxy`](https://codeberg.org/brunoschroeder/archivebox-proxy) ([realtime archiving](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/577) of all traffic from any browser or device)
- <img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/ff20d251-5347-4b85-ae9b-83037d0ac01e" height="22px"/> Browser extension [`archivebox-exporter`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/archivebox-extension) (realtime archiving from Chrome/Chromium/Firefox)
- <img src="https://getpocket.com/favicon.ico" height="22px"/> [Pocket](https://getpocket.com/export), [Pinboard](https://pinboard.in/export/), [Instapaper](https://www.instapaper.com/user), [Shaarli](https://shaarli.readthedocs.io/en/master/Usage/#importexport), [Delicious](https://www.groovypost.com/howto/howto/export-delicious-bookmarks-xml/), [Reddit Saved](https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit), [Wallabag](https://doc.wallabag.org/en/user/import/wallabagv2.html), [Unmark.it](http://help.unmark.it/import-export), [OneTab](https://www.addictivetips.com/web/onetab-save-close-all-chrome-tabs-to-restore-export-or-import/), [Firefox Sync](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/648), [and more...](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Quickstart#2-get-your-list-of-urls-to-archive)
- <img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/4f7bd318-265c-4235-ad25-38be89946b12" height="22px"/> Proxy archiving with [`archivebox-proxy`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/archivebox-proxy) ([realtime archiving](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/577) of all traffic from any browser or device)
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/e1e5bd78-b0b6-45dc-914c-e1046fee4bc4" width="330px" align="right">
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/e1e5bd78-b0b6-45dc-914c-e1046fee4bc4" width="330px" align="right" style="float: right"/>
```bash
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Inside each Snapshot folder, ArchiveBox saves these different types of extractor outputs as plain files:
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/ace0954a-ddac-4520-9d18-1c77b1ec50b2" width="330px" align="right">
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/ace0954a-ddac-4520-9d18-1c77b1ec50b2" width="330px" align="right" style="float: right"/>
`./archive/<timestamp>/*`
`./archive/TIMESTAMP/*`
- **Index:** `index.html` & `index.json` HTML and JSON index files containing metadata and details
- **Title**, **Favicon**, **Headers** Response headers, site favicon, and parsed site title
- **SingleFile:** `singlefile.html` HTML snapshot rendered with headless Chrome using SingleFile
- **Wget Clone:** `example.com/page-name.html` wget clone of the site with `warc/<timestamp>.gz`
- **Wget Clone:** `example.com/page-name.html` wget clone of the site with `warc/TIMESTAMP.gz`
- Chrome Headless
- **PDF:** `output.pdf` Printed PDF of site using headless chrome
- **Screenshot:** `screenshot.png` 1440x900 screenshot of site using headless chrome
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## Configuration
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/ea672e6b-4df5-49d8-b550-7f450951fd27" width="330px" align="right">
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/ea672e6b-4df5-49d8-b550-7f450951fd27" width="330px" align="right" style="float: right"/>
ArchiveBox can be configured via environment variables, by using the `archivebox config` CLI, or by editing the `ArchiveBox.conf` config file directly.
ArchiveBox can be configured via environment variables, by using the `archivebox config` CLI, or by editing `./ArchiveBox.conf` directly.
```bash
archivebox config # view the entire config
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## Dependencies
To achieve high-fidelity archives in as many situations as possible, ArchiveBox depends on a variety of high-quality 3rd-party tools and libraries that specialize in extracting different types of content.
To achieve high-fidelity archives in as many situations as possible, ArchiveBox depends on a variety of 3rd-party tools that specialize in extracting different types of content.
<br/>
<details>
<summary><i>Expand to learn more about ArchiveBox's dependencies...</i></summary>
<br/>
<summary><i>Expand to learn more about ArchiveBox's dependencies...</i></summary><br/>
For better security, easier updating, and to avoid polluting your host system with extra dependencies, **it is strongly recommended to use the official [Docker image](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Docker)** with everything pre-installed for the best experience.
> *TIP: For better security, easier updating, and to avoid polluting your host system with extra dependencies,**it is strongly recommended to use the [⭐️ official Docker image](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Docker)** with everything pre-installed for the best experience.*
These optional dependencies used for archiving sites include:
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/62a02155-05d7-4f3e-8de5-75a50a145c4f" alt="archivebox --version CLI output screenshot showing dependencies installed" width="330px" align="right">
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/62a02155-05d7-4f3e-8de5-75a50a145c4f" alt="archivebox --version CLI output screenshot showing dependencies installed" width="330px" align="right" style="float: right"/>
- `chromium` / `chrome` (for screenshots, PDF, DOM HTML, and headless JS scripts)
- `node` & `npm` (for readability, mercury, and singlefile)
- `wget` (for plain HTML, static files, and WARC saving)
- `curl` (for fetching headers, favicon, and posting to Archive.org)
- `youtube-dl` or `yt-dlp` (for audio, video, and subtitles)
- `yt-dlp` or `youtube-dl` (for audio, video, and subtitles)
- `git` (for cloning git repos)
- `singlefile` (for saving into a self-contained html file)
- `postlight/parser` (for discussion threads, forums, and articles)
- `readability` (for articles and long text content)
- and more as we grow...
You don't need to install every dependency to use ArchiveBox. ArchiveBox will automatically disable extractors that rely on dependencies that aren't installed, based on what is configured and available in your `$PATH`.
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- https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Troubleshooting#installing
</details>
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## Archive Layout
All of ArchiveBox's state (including the SQLite DB, archived assets, config, logs, etc.) is stored in a single folder called the "ArchiveBox Data Folder".
@ -628,23 +642,20 @@ Data folders can be created anywhere (`~/archivebox` or `$PWD/data` as seen in o
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<details>
<summary><i>Expand to learn more about the layout of Archivebox's data on-disk...</i></summary>
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All `archivebox` CLI commands are designed to be run from inside an ArchiveBox data folder, starting with `archivebox init` to initialize a new collection inside an empty directory.
```bash
mkdir ~/archivebox && cd ~/archivebox # just an example, can be anywhere
archivebox init
```
The on-disk layout is optimized to be easy to browse by hand and durable long-term. The main index is a standard `index.sqlite3` database in the root of the data folder (it can also be [exported as static JSON/HTML](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive#2-export-and-host-it-as-static-html)), and the archive snapshots are organized by date-added timestamp in the `./archive/` subfolder.
<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/511499/117453293-c7b91600-af12-11eb-8a3f-aa48b0f9da3c.png" width="400px" align="right">
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```bash
/data/
All <code>archivebox</code> CLI commands are designed to be run from inside an ArchiveBox data folder, starting with <code>archivebox init</code> to initialize a new collection inside an empty directory.
<pre lang="bash"><code style="white-space: pre-line">mkdir ~/archivebox && cd ~/archivebox # just an example, can be anywhere
archivebox init</code></pre>
The on-disk layout is optimized to be easy to browse by hand and durable long-term. The main index is a standard <code>index.sqlite3</code> database in the root of the data folder (it can also be <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive#2-export-and-host-it-as-static-html">exported as static JSON/HTML</a>), and the archive snapshots are organized by date-added timestamp in the <code>./archive/</code> subfolder.
<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/511499/117453293-c7b91600-af12-11eb-8a3f-aa48b0f9da3c.png" width="400px" align="right" style="float: right"/>
<pre lang="bash"><code style="white-space: pre-line">/data/
index.sqlite3
ArchiveBox.conf
archive/
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warc/1617687755.warc.gz
git/somerepo.git
...
```
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Each snapshot subfolder `./archive/<timestamp>/` includes a static `index.json` and `index.html` describing its contents, and the snapshot extractor outputs are plain files within the folder.
Each snapshot subfolder <code>./archive/TIMESTAMP/</code> includes a static <code>index.json</code> and <code>index.html</code> describing its contents, and the snapshot extractor outputs are plain files within the folder.
#### Learn More
- https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Usage#Disk-Layout
- https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Usage#large-archives
- https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Security-Overview#output-folder
- https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive
- https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Upgrading-or-Merging-Archives
<h4>Learn More</h4>
<ul>
<li>https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Usage#Disk-Layout</li>
<li>https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Usage#large-archives</li>
<li>https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Security-Overview#output-folder</li>
<li>https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive</li>
<li>https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Upgrading-or-Merging-Archives</li>
</ul>
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## Static Archive Exporting
You can export the main index to browse it statically as plain HTML files in a folder (without needing to run a server).
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> **Note**
> These exports are not paginated, exporting many URLs or the entire archive at once may be slow. Use the filtering CLI flags on the `archivebox list` command to export specific Snapshots or ranges.
> *NOTE: These exports are not paginated, exporting many URLs or the entire archive at once may be slow. Use the filtering CLI flags on the `archivebox list` command to export specific Snapshots or ranges.*
```bash
# archivebox list --help
@ -705,15 +716,16 @@ The paths in the static exports are relative, make sure to keep them next to you
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<img src="https://docs.monadical.com/uploads/upload_b6900afc422ae699bfefa2dcda3306f3.png" width="100%" alt="security graphic"/>
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## Caveats
### Archiving Private Content
@ -745,6 +757,9 @@ archivebox config --set SAVE_FAVICON=False # disable favicon fetching (
archivebox config --set CHROME_BINARY=chromium # ensure it's using Chromium instead of Chrome
```
> *CAUTION: Assume anyone *viewing* your archives will be able to see any cookies, session tokens, or private URLs passed to ArchiveBox during archiving.*
> *Make sure to secure your ArchiveBox data and don't share snapshots with others without stripping out sensitive headers and content first.*
#### Learn More
- https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Publishing-Your-Archive
@ -753,6 +768,7 @@ archivebox config --set CHROME_BINARY=chromium # ensure it's using Chromium
- https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration#chrome_user_data_dir
- https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration#cookies_file
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@ -761,6 +777,7 @@ archivebox config --set CHROME_BINARY=chromium # ensure it's using Chromium
Be aware that malicious archived JS can access the contents of other pages in your archive when viewed. Because the Web UI serves all viewed snapshots from a single domain, they share a request context and **typical CSRF/CORS/XSS/CSP protections do not work to prevent cross-site request attacks**. See the [Security Overview](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Security-Overview#stealth-mode) page and [Issue #239](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/239) for more details.
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@ -778,7 +795,8 @@ https://127.0.0.1:8000/archive/*
The admin UI is also served from the same origin as replayed JS, so malicious pages could also potentially use your ArchiveBox login cookies to perform admin actions (e.g. adding/removing links, running extractors, etc.). We are planning to fix this security shortcoming in a future version by using separate ports/origins to serve the Admin UI and archived content (see [Issue #239](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/239)).
*Note: Only the `wget` & `dom` extractor methods execute archived JS when viewing snapshots, all other archive methods produce static output that does not execute JS on viewing. If you are worried about these issues ^ you should disable these extractors using `archivebox config --set SAVE_WGET=False SAVE_DOM=False`.*
> *NOTE: Only the `wget` & `dom` extractor methods execute archived JS when viewing snapshots, all other archive methods produce static output that does not execute JS on viewing.*
> *If you are worried about these issues ^ you should disable these extractors using `archivebox config --set SAVE_WGET=False SAVE_DOM=False`.*
#### Learn More
@ -791,6 +809,7 @@ The admin UI is also served from the same origin as replayed JS, so malicious pa
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### Working Around Sites that Block Archiving
For various reasons, many large sites (Reddit, Twitter, Cloudflare, etc.) actively block archiving or bots in general. There are a number of approaches to work around this.
@ -800,6 +819,7 @@ For various reasons, many large sites (Reddit, Twitter, Cloudflare, etc.) active
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- Set [`CHROME_USER_AGENT`, `WGET_USER_AGENT`, `CURL_USER_AGENT`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration#curl_user_agent) to impersonate a real browser (instead of an ArchiveBox bot)
- Set up a logged-in browser session for archiving using [`CHROME_DATA_DIR` & `COOKIES_FILE`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Chromium-Install#setting-up-a-chromium-user-profile)
- Rewrite your URLs before archiving to swap in an alternative frontend thats more bot-friendly e.g.
@ -816,11 +836,13 @@ In the future we plan on adding support for running JS scripts during archiving
ArchiveBox appends a hash with the current date `https://example.com#2020-10-24` to differentiate when a single URL is archived multiple times.
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Because ArchiveBox uniquely identifies snapshots by URL, it must use a workaround to take multiple snapshots of the same URL (otherwise they would show up as a single Snapshot entry). It makes the URLs of repeated snapshots unique by adding a hash with the archive date at the end:
```bash
@ -842,6 +864,7 @@ Improved support for saving multiple snapshots of a single URL without this hash
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### Storage Requirements
Because ArchiveBox is designed to ingest a large volume of URLs with multiple copies of each URL stored by different 3rd-party tools, it can be quite disk-space intensive.
@ -852,6 +875,7 @@ There also also some special requirements when using filesystems like NFS/SMB/FU
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**ArchiveBox can use anywhere from ~1gb per 1000 articles, to ~50gb per 1000 articles**, mostly dependent on whether you're saving audio & video using `SAVE_MEDIA=True` and whether you lower `MEDIA_MAX_SIZE=750mb`.
Disk usage can be reduced by using a compressed/deduplicated filesystem like ZFS/BTRFS, or by turning off extractors methods you don't need. You can also deduplicate content with a tool like [fdupes](https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes) or [rdfind](https://github.com/pauldreik/rdfind). **Don't store large collections on older filesystems like EXT3/FAT** as they may not be able to handle more than 50k directory entries in the `archive/` folder. **Try to keep the `index.sqlite3` file on local drive (not a network mount)** or SSD for maximum performance, however the `archive/` folder can be on a network mount or slower HDD.
@ -872,10 +896,13 @@ If using Docker or NFS/SMB/FUSE for the `data/archive/` folder, you may need to
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## Screenshots
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# Background & Motivation
ArchiveBox aims to enable more of the internet to be saved from deterioration by empowering people to self-host their own archives. The intent is for all the web content you care about to be viewable with common software in 50 - 100 years without needing to run ArchiveBox or other specialized software to replay it.
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<details>
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Vast treasure troves of knowledge are lost every day on the internet to link rot. As a society, we have an imperative to preserve some important parts of that treasure, just like we preserve our books, paintings, and music in physical libraries long after the originals go out of print or fade into obscurity.
Whether it's to resist censorship by saving articles before they get taken down or edited, or just to save a collection of early 2010's flash games you love to play, having the tools to archive internet content enables to you save the stuff you care most about before it disappears.
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<sup><i>Image from <a href="https://perma.cc/">Perma.cc</a>...</i><br/></sup>
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The balance between the permanence and ephemeral nature of content on the internet is part of what makes it beautiful. I don't think everything should be preserved in an automated fashion--making all content permanent and never removable, but I do think people should be able to decide for themselves and effectively archive specific content that they care about.
Because modern websites are complicated and often rely on dynamic content,
ArchiveBox archives the sites in **several different formats** beyond what public archiving services like Archive.org/Archive.is save. Using multiple methods and the market-dominant browser to execute JS ensures we can save even the most complex, finicky websites in at least a few high-quality, long-term data formats.
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## Comparison to Other Projects
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/4cac62a9-e8fb-425b-85a3-ca644aa6dd42" width="5%" align="right" alt="comparison"/>
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/4cac62a9-e8fb-425b-85a3-ca644aa6dd42" width="5%" align="right" alt="comparison" style="float: right"/>
> [!TIP]
> **Check out our [community page](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community) for an index of web archiving initiatives and projects.**
> **Check out our [community wiki](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community) for a list of web archiving tools and orgs.**
A variety of open and closed-source archiving projects exist, but few provide a nice UI and CLI to manage a large, high-fidelity archive collection over time.
ArchiveBox tries to be a robust, set-and-forget archiving solution suitable for archiving RSS feeds, bookmarks, or your entire browsing history (beware, it may be too big to store), ~~including private/authenticated content that you wouldn't otherwise share with a centralized service~~ (this is not recommended due to JS replay security concerns).
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### Comparison With Centralized Public Archives
ArchiveBox tries to be a robust, set-and-forget archiving solution suitable for archiving RSS feeds, bookmarks, or your entire browsing history (beware, it may be too big to store), including private/authenticated content that you wouldn't otherwise share with a centralized service.
<h3>Comparison With Centralized Public Archives</h3>
Not all content is suitable to be archived in a centralized collection, whether because it's private, copyrighted, too large, or too complex. ArchiveBox hopes to fill that gap.
By having each user store their own content locally, we can save much larger portions of everyone's browsing history than a shared centralized service would be able to handle. The eventual goal is to work towards federated archiving where users can share portions of their collections with each other.
### Comparison With Other Self-Hosted Archiving Options
<h3>Comparison With Other Self-Hosted Archiving Options</h3>
ArchiveBox differentiates itself from [similar self-hosted projects](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community#Web-Archiving-Projects) by providing both a comprehensive CLI interface for managing your archive, a Web UI that can be used either independently or together with the CLI, and a simple on-disk data format that can be used without either.
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<summary><i>Click to see the <b>⭐️ officially recommended</b> alternatives to ArchiveBox...</i></summary>
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*If you want better fidelity for very complex interactive pages with heavy JS/streams/API requests, check out [ArchiveWeb.page](https://archiveweb.page) and [ReplayWeb.page](https://replayweb.page).*
@ -991,17 +1024,27 @@ ArchiveBox is neither the highest fidelity nor the simplest tool available for s
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## Internet Archiving Ecosystem
Whether you want to learn which organizations are the big players in the web archiving space, want to find a specific open-source tool for your web archiving need, or just want to see where archivists hang out online, our Community Wiki page serves as an index of the broader web archiving community. Check it out to learn about some of the coolest web archiving projects and communities on the web!
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/78d8a725-97f4-47f5-b983-1f62843ddc51" width="14%" align="right" style="float: right"/>
<img src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/78d8a725-97f4-47f5-b983-1f62843ddc51" width="14%" align="right"/>
Our Community Wiki page serves as an index of the broader web archiving community.
<ul>
<li>See where archivists hang out online</li>
<li>Explore other open-source tools for your web archiving needs</li>
<li>Learn which organizations are the big players in the web archiving space</li>
</ul>
<details>
<summary><i>Explore our index of web archiving software, blogs, and communities around the world...</i></summary>
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- [Community Wiki](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community)
- [The Master Lists](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community#the-master-lists)
@ -1016,6 +1059,7 @@ Whether you want to learn which organizations are the big players in the web arc
- Learn why archiving the internet is important by reading the "[On the Importance of Web Archiving](https://items.ssrc.org/parameters/on-the-importance-of-web-archiving/)" blog post.
- Reach out to me for questions and comments via [@ArchiveBoxApp](https://twitter.com/ArchiveBoxApp) or [@theSquashSH](https://twitter.com/thesquashSH) on Twitter
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# Documentation
<img src="https://read-the-docs-guidelines.readthedocs-hosted.com/_images/logo-dark.png" width="13%" align="right"/>
<img src="https://read-the-docs-guidelines.readthedocs-hosted.com/_images/logo-dark.png" width="13%" align="right" style="float: right"/>
We use the [GitHub wiki system](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki) and [Read the Docs](https://archivebox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) (WIP) for documentation.
@ -1080,7 +1124,7 @@ You can also access the docs locally by looking in the [`ArchiveBox/docs/`](http
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@ -1252,7 +1296,7 @@ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1074212/how-can-i-see-the-raw-sql-queries-dj
ArchiveBox [`extractors`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/extractors/media.py) are external binaries or Python/Node scripts that ArchiveBox runs to archive content on a page.
Extractors take the URL of a page to archive, write their output to the filesystem `archive/<timestamp>/<extractorname>/...`, and return an [`ArchiveResult`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/core/models.py#:~:text=return%20qs-,class%20ArchiveResult,-(models.Model)%3A) entry which is saved to the database (visible on the `Log` page in the UI).
Extractors take the URL of a page to archive, write their output to the filesystem `archive/TIMESTAMP/EXTRACTOR/...`, and return an [`ArchiveResult`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/core/models.py#:~:text=return%20qs-,class%20ArchiveResult,-(models.Model)%3A) entry which is saved to the database (visible on the `Log` page in the UI).
*Check out how we added **[`archivebox/extractors/singlefile.py`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/extractors/singlefile.py)** as an example of the process: [Issue #399](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/399) + [PR #403](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/pull/403).*
@ -1264,7 +1308,7 @@ Extractors take the URL of a page to archive, write their output to the filesyst
1. [Open an issue](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/new?assignees=&labels=changes%3A+behavior%2Cstatus%3A+idea+phase&template=feature_request.md&title=Feature+Request%3A+...) with your propsoed implementation (please link to the pages of any new external dependencies you plan on using)
2. Ensure any dependencies needed are easily installable via a package managers like `apt`, `brew`, `pip3`, `npm`
(Ideally, prefer to use external programs available via `pip3` or `npm`, however we do support using any binary installable via package manager that exposes a CLI/Python API and writes output to stdout or the filesystem.)
3. Create a new file in [`archivebox/extractors/<extractorname>.py`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/extractors) (copy an existing extractor like [`singlefile.py`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/extractors/singlefile.py) as a template)
3. Create a new file in [`archivebox/extractors/EXTRACTOR.py`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/extractors) (copy an existing extractor like [`singlefile.py`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/extractors/singlefile.py) as a template)
4. Add config settings to enable/disable any new dependencies and the extractor as a whole, e.g. `USE_DEPENDENCYNAME`, `SAVE_EXTRACTORNAME`, `EXTRACTORNAME_SOMEOTHEROPTION` in [`archivebox/config.py`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/config.py)
5. Add a preview section to [`archivebox/templates/core/snapshot.html`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/templates/core/snapshot.html) to view the output, and a column to [`archivebox/templates/core/index_row.html`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/archivebox/templates/core/index_row.html) with an icon for your extractor
6. Add an integration test for your extractor in [`tests/test_extractors.py`](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/tests/test_extractors.py)
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