webrecorder/pywb
Core Python Web Archiving Toolkit for replay and recording of web archives observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 39
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 85.5
- age_days: 4650
- days_rel: 331
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
1695 stars · 239 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
pywb is a Python 3 web archiving toolkit for replaying and recording web archives, providing Wayback Machine-style functionality. It supports multi-collection configuration, live-web recording, Memento API aggregation, HTTP/S proxy mode, and pluggable content rewriting.
Use cases
- replay WARC web archives like the Wayback Machine
- record web pages from the live web into a WARC archive
- self-host a wayback machine for my organization
- serve archived websites with accurate rewriting of modern JavaScript
- query multiple web archive collections via the Memento API
- block or embargo access to certain archived URLs
When to choose
- you need to replay or record WARC-format web archives at scale
- you want a self-hosted Wayback Machine with access control and localization
- you need Memento API support or proxy-mode archiving
When to avoid
- you only need to scrape or crawl the live web without archiving/replay
- you need a simple screenshot or single-page capture tool rather than a full archive server
- you require a non-GPL license
Facets
framework · maturity active
http-server web-framework proxy search-engine middleware web-development self-hosted developer-tools python self-hosted web-archiving wayback-machine warc replay memento recording archives linux web-server docker
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/webrecorder/pywb · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5f0156ab5aef
- homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pywb · fetched 2026-08-29 · 52177021342d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| webrecorder/pywb | main | 78 |
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