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kage vs Browsertrix Crawler: catalog facts
kage	Browsertrix Crawler
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub by Webrecorder.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Captures JavaScript-rendered pages through a real browser Saved copies run no scripts and make no network calls	Captures pages through a real browser rather than raw HTML Writes standard WARC and WACZ archive files
Interactive features that depend on JavaScript stop working in the copy Needs Chrome for rendering	Aimed at technical users rather than casual downloading Output needs a web archive viewer to replay
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
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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