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ArchiveBox vs Browsertrix Crawler: catalog facts
ArchiveBoxBrowsertrix Crawler
Free

Free and open source, with no analytics.

Free

Free to use; the source is published on GitHub by Webrecorder.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted, Browser extension, Command line Command line
  • Saves captures as plain files in open formats
  • CLI, web UI, REST API and browser extensions
  • Captures pages through a real browser rather than raw HTML
  • Writes standard WARC and WACZ archive files
  • Needs a server or Docker setup to run well
  • Archives can use a lot of disk space
  • Aimed at technical users rather than casual downloading
  • Output needs a web archive viewer to replay
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Browser extension Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License not stated License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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