# website-scraper/node-website-scraper

Download website to local directory (including all css, images, js, etc.)

Repository: https://github.com/website-scraper/node-website-scraper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-website-scraper
Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/website-scraper
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, website-scraper, scraper, nodejs, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-22T19:26:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 22, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4381, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 307, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1751, forks 298 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:31.145015+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library that downloads entire websites to a local directory, including HTML, CSS, images, and JavaScript assets. It parses HTTP responses for HTML and CSS to recursively mirror static sites, with plugin support for extending behavior.

## Use cases
- download a website for offline viewing
- mirror a static site with all css and images
- save a webpage locally with nodejs
- scrape a website's html and assets into a directory
- create a local backup copy of a website
- archive a site before it goes offline

## When to choose
- you need to download static websites or pages with their assets
- you want a programmable Node.js API or plugin system for site mirroring
- you don't need JavaScript execution or dynamic content rendering

## When to avoid
- the site relies on client-side JavaScript rendering (use website-scraper-puppeteer instead)
- you need a full-featured GUI mirroring tool like HTTrack
- you need to scrape data/extract structured information rather than mirror pages

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, http-client, file-system
- domain: crawlers, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: website-downloader, offline-browsing, html-parsing, asset-mirroring, nodejs

## Member repositories
- website-scraper/node-website-scraper (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.145015+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 2026-08-30T03:28:34.059151+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/website-scraper/node-website-scraper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.145015+00:00, sha 35cc4eeefa17)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.