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Wayback Machine vs SingleFile: catalog facts
Wayback Machine	SingleFile
Free Free extension from the non-profit Internet Archive.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL.
Browser extension	Browser extension
Official extension from the Internet Archive Saves pages to the archive in one step	One file with everything inlined, including images and fonts Saves what is rendered, so pages built by JavaScript are captured correctly
Depends on the Internet Archive's service being available Pages not previously archived cannot be recovered	Files are large because everything is embedded Interactive and streaming content cannot be preserved
Browser extension	Browser extension
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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