Compare software

Offline Explorer vs Browsertrix Crawler: catalog facts
Offline Explorer	Browsertrix Crawler
Paid Commercial software sold in several editions.	Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub by Webrecorder.
Windows	Command line
Archives anything from a single page to a large website Filters downloads by file type	Captures pages through a real browser rather than raw HTML Writes standard WARC and WACZ archive files
Commercial, with no free edition Windows only	Aimed at technical users rather than casual downloading Output needs a web archive viewer to replay
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

Catalog facts only. Anything “not stated” is unconfirmed. Check full listings for details.