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Browsertrix CrawlerGNU Wget
Free

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

 Free

Free software under the GNU General Public License.

Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Captures pages through a real browser rather than raw HTML
  • Writes standard WARC and WACZ archive files
  • Resumes interrupted downloads
  • Recursive mirroring with link conversion
  • Aimed at technical users rather than casual downloading
  • Output needs a web archive viewer to replay
  • Command line only
  • Wget2 is the newer successor with further development
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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