# iipc/awesome-web-archiving

An Awesome List for getting started with web archiving

Repository: https://github.com/iipc/awesome-web-archiving
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-web-archiving
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: webarchiving, awesome-list, awesome
Last push: 2026-08-17T01:52:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3365, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2626, forks 199 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:05.327092+00:00)

## What it is
A curated Awesome List of resources for getting started with web archiving, covering training materials, the WARC standard, and tools for acquisition, replay, search, analysis, and quality assurance. It also links to community resources, archiving service providers, and public datasets.

## Use cases
- learn how to archive websites
- find web crawler and replay tools
- understand the WARC format
- find web archiving training materials
- discover self-hosted web archiving services
- find public web archive datasets

## When to choose
- you are starting out in web archiving and need a curated entry point
- you want to compare tools for capturing, replaying, or analyzing archived web pages
- you need educational resources or community links for digital preservation

## When to avoid
- you need a working archiving tool rather than a list of links
- you need actively maintained software with support rather than a resource index

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, web-scraping, developer-tools
- domain: awesome-lists, documentation, crawlers, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: web-archiving, curated-list, warc, digital-preservation, curation, web-server

## Member repositories
- iipc/awesome-web-archiving (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:05.327092+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 2026-08-30T02:19:47.435836+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/iipc/awesome-web-archiving (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:05.327092+00:00, sha b23186ed2b98)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.