# ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox

🗃 Open source self-hosted web archiving. Takes URLs/browser history/bookmarks/Pocket/Pinboard/etc., saves HTML, JS, PDFs, media, and more...

Repository: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/archivebox
Homepage: https://archivebox.io
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: pocket, wget, browser-bookmarks, pinboard, chromium, firefox, backups, rss, web-archiving, python, wayback-machine, bookmark-archiver, youtube-dl, self-hosted, internet-archiving, archivebox, headless-browser, digipres, warc, singlefile
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:30:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 52, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3407, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 107, "gap_med": 518, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 28188, forks 1566 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:48.181136+00:00)

## What it is
ArchiveBox is an open-source, self-hosted web archiving application that saves URLs, browser history, bookmarks, RSS feeds, and social media content as durable files (HTML, PDF, PNG, WARC, JSON, SQLite). It provides a CLI, web UI, REST API, webhooks, and a browser extension for capturing and browsing archived snapshots.

## Use cases
- archive my bookmarks and browser history locally
- save offline copies of web pages before they disappear
- self-hosted alternative to the Wayback Machine
- back up videos and media from YouTube and social media
- preserve web evidence for legal or research purposes
- schedule recurring archiving of RSS feeds
- export browser bookmarks into a searchable archive

## When to choose
- you want durable, open-format archives (HTML, WARC, PDF, SQLite) you fully control
- you need multiple capture types per URL: screenshots, rendered HTML, media, article text
- you want CLI, REST API, webhooks, and browser extension integrations
- you prefer self-hosting with Docker or pip on your own infrastructure

## When to avoid
- you only need a hosted, zero-setup bookmarking service
- you need a fully managed cloud archive with no server maintenance
- you only want simple link saving without full-page captures

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, self-hosted, backup, cli, search-engine, http-client
- domain: self-hosted, crawlers, files, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, python, cli, browser-extension
- tags: web-archiving, bookmarks, digital-preservation, warc, wayback-machine, offline-reading, pocket, pinboard, rss, headless-browser, automation, linux, macos, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:48.181136+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:54:25.867897+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:48.181136+00:00, sha c76714b7ed33)
  - homepage: https://archivebox.io (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:03.954685+00:00, sha c2e787e0540f)
  - site_page: https://docs.archivebox.io (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:03.964315+00:00, sha 11b420859194)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.