Alternatives to SingleFile

Saves a complete web page as one self-contained HTML file. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as SingleFile.

  • Save Page WE

    Saves a page as currently displayed into one HTML file.

    FreeOpen sourceBrowser extension

    Save Page WE saves the displayed page into one HTML file under GPL-2.0, adds batch saving and command-line automation, but is Firefox focused and varies on continuously loading pages.

  • monolith

    Saves a web page and everything it loads into one self-contained HTML file that renders correctly with no network connection.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    monolith runs from the command line on Windows, macOS and Linux instead of in the browser, is public domain, and may not capture pages built by JavaScript after load.

  • WebScrapBook

    Captures web pages into an organised, annotatable local archive.

    FreeOpen sourceBrowser extension

    WebScrapBook stores captures in an organised, searchable archive with annotations, but full features need its companion backend server and setup takes more effort.

Also worth comparing

These listings name SingleFile as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Evernote Web Clipper

    Clips articles, screenshots and PDFs into an Evernote notebook.

    FreemiumProprietaryBrowser extension

    SingleFile is open source and saves each page as one self-contained local HTML file, with no account, though it offers no notebook organisation or search.

  • Wayback Machine

    The Internet Archive's browser extension for saving pages and viewing archived copies of missing ones.

    FreeOpen sourceBrowser extension

    SingleFile saves a complete page as one self-contained local HTML file instead of the Internet Archive, but it cannot recover pages you never saved yourself.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.