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ArchiveBox Alternative
My primary requirement is "permanent copy". For that reason, I like Raindrop. (Raindrop UI is a big plus, too). The only reason I don't wanna rely on Raindrop is its one-man operation nature. What happens when he abandons it?
Then comes AnyBox. Data stays in iCloud. It has got archive feature and comes with three options - webarchive, pdf or screenshot. Great since some web pages cannot be archived using webarchive.
Yet, the questions still remain - what happens when the dev abandons it and the app no longer is compatible with macOS 5 or 10 years from now, what happens to our archives, will they remain accessible/viewable in an easy way.
I tried ArchiveBox before. UI was not a joy to use.
The most ideal would be to run Raindrop on self-hosted environment with own S3 configuration. Unfortunately, Raindrop is not open-source. Do we have any good alternatives to ArchiveBox? It does not have to be free. One-time licensing fee would be better than subscriptions though.
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The Chrome/Firefox Extension Singlefile is perfect for your needs: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/single-file/
You can save the website copies on Google Drive or via WebDAV on your own server. It works very well, it is very mature and has many meaningful options. It saves in standardized open formats, so long -term compatibility is secured. The developer is also very accessible and open to ideas.
The Cli Tool Percollate offers a different approach, but is also very good: https://github.com/danburzo/percollate
SingleFile has a CLI too
https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/single-file-cli
While looking at percollate, I came across this: https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFileZ - a fork of SingleFile. Interesting approach.
Thanks for sharing these. Will look at them.
I still use wallabag, free selfhostable or paid. Not all websites can be archived but at least there is a link for the page stored, there is a chrome extension, a firefox extension and an android app so it's easy to use. I also tried archivebox but returned to wallabag.
https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag
Thanks, I will check.
You might want to check out Shiori or LinkAce. Shiori does a full local archive, and LinkAce will send a snapshot to Archive.org every time you bookmark something.
I stopped using both due to poor mobile support for adding bookmarks. Now, I use Wallabag and use my Wallabag RSS feed to export into ArchiveBox. Like the other user said, Wallabag archives what it can in a readable format and for what I need to full archive for I can dig it up in ArchiveBox.
If "snapshot to archive.org" is enough - Linkding could be used (it also can provide RSS for Acrchive box)
Looks like Wallabag is the only closest contender. Will take a look.
I maintain a list of tons of ArchiveBox alternatives in our wiki, check it out here:
https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Web-Archiving-Community#other-archivebox-alternatives
The best for your needs is probably Browsertrix Cloud or Pywb.
Saw this. https://www.appsntips.com/learn/how-to-archive-webpages-on-mac-for-offline-viewing/