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Browsertrix Crawler vs grab-site: catalog facts
Browsertrix Crawler	grab-site
Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub by Webrecorder.	Free Free and open source from ArchiveTeam.
Command line	Linux, Command line
Captures pages through a real browser rather than raw HTML Writes standard WARC and WACZ archive files	Writes standard WARC archives Live dashboard for watching crawls
Aimed at technical users rather than casual downloading Output needs a web archive viewer to replay	Command-line setup aimed at technical users Not a general-purpose file download manager
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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