# hartator/wayback-machine-downloader

Download an entire website from the Wayback Machine.

Repository: https://github.com/hartator/wayback-machine-downloader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wayback-machine-downloader
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-02-08T05:46:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4057, "days_push": 937, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5930, forks 805 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.421948+00:00)

## What it is
A Ruby command-line tool that downloads an entire website from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, restoring original files and directory structure. It supports timestamp filtering, regex include/exclude filters, concurrency, and JSON listing of archived snapshots.

## Use cases
- recover a lost website from the wayback machine
- download an entire archived website
- restore old site files from internet archive snapshots
- download only snapshots within a date range
- list archived urls of a site as json
- rebuild a defunct website with original directory structure

## When to choose
- you need to recover a site whose hosting or content is gone
- you want original files rather than Wayback Machine rewritten pages
- you need filtering by timestamp, regex, or specific urls
- you prefer a simple installable gem with no heavy dependencies

## When to avoid
- the site is still live and you can crawl it directly
- you need a GUI or non-CLI workflow
- you need to download Wayback Machine's rewritten/annotated page versions
- you need a maintained tool with active feature development

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-scraping, cli, http-client
- domain: crawlers, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: ruby, cli, cross-platform
- tags: wayback-machine, internet-archive, website-archival, site-recovery, ruby-gem, command-line

## Member repositories
- hartator/wayback-machine-downloader (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.421948+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 2026-08-29T17:50:48.325280+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hartator/wayback-machine-downloader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.421948+00:00, sha 9729914b8b33)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.