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Tool review - Archiving · Updated
ArchiveBox Review (2026)
Self-hosted web archiving in HTML, PDF, and WARC
Free
- Open source
- App
- Self-hosted
What is ArchiveBox?
ArchiveBox is an open-source, MIT-licensed web archiving tool you run on your own server or machine. Instead of sending pages to a cloud service, it fetches URLs you feed it - one at a time, from browser bookmark or history exports, RSS feeds, Pocket, Pinboard, or plain text files - and saves each one in multiple durable formats: raw and single-file HTML, PDF, PNG screenshot, WARC, extracted article text, and media downloaded via yt-dlp. Under the hood it drives headless Chromium, wget, SingleFile, and Readability, storing everything in an SQLite database plus plain files on disk. It is a mature, community-maintained project with over 28,000 GitHub stars, offering a CLI, self-hosted web UI, Python API, and a browser extension.
Key features
- Saves each URL in many formats at once: HTML, single-file HTML, PDF, PNG screenshot, WARC, article text, and media
- Imports from browser bookmarks/history, RSS feeds, Pocket, Pinboard, JSON/CSV, and plain text lists
- Multiple interfaces: CLI, self-hosted web UI with admin dashboard, Python API, REST API, and a Chrome extension
- Built-in scheduled archiving of RSS feeds and sites, with static HTML/JSON/CSV exports of the whole archive
- Installs via Docker Compose, Docker, pip/uv, Homebrew, or apt, with support for S3/NFS/SMB storage backends
Where it saves to
Your own server (self-hosted archive folder) · SQLite database + on-disk snapshot files · Optional remote storage backends (S3, NFS, SMB)
Pricing
ArchiveBox is completely free and MIT-licensed, with no official paid tier - you supply your own server and storage. If you don't want to run it yourself, third-party managed hosting providers such as PikaPods and StellarHosted offer ArchiveBox instances starting around $3/month.
Best for
Self-hosters, researchers, and archivists who want permanent, local copies of web pages in open formats rather than links stored in a third-party cloud service. Comfort with Docker or the command line is expected.
Pros
- Free and open source (MIT), with no vendor lock-in - archives are plain files and SQLite
- Captures each page in many redundant formats, including WARC and full-page PDF/screenshot
- Imports from a wide range of sources: bookmarks, history, RSS, Pocket, Pinboard
- Mature, actively developed project with a large community (28k+ GitHub stars)
Cons
- Requires running and maintaining your own server; no native Windows installation is supported
- Storage-hungry: roughly 1-50 GB per 1,000 snapshots depending on media
- Archiving pages behind logins needs careful configuration, and exposed cookies/session tokens are a security risk on shared instances
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FAQ
Is ArchiveBox free?
Yes. ArchiveBox is open source under the MIT license with no paid tier; your only costs are your own server and storage. Third-party managed hosting is available from around $3/month if you don't want to self-host.
What formats does ArchiveBox save pages in?
Each URL is saved in multiple formats: raw HTML, self-contained single-file HTML, PDF, PNG screenshot, WARC, extracted article text, favicons, headers, and media files downloaded via yt-dlp.
Does ArchiveBox work on Windows?
Native Windows installation is not supported. Windows users typically run ArchiveBox through Docker; Linux and macOS are supported directly via Docker Compose, pip/uv, Homebrew, or apt.
Can ArchiveBox import my browser bookmarks?
Yes. It imports URLs from browser bookmark and history exports, RSS feeds, Pocket, Pinboard, JSON/CSV files, and plain text lists, and can run scheduled imports automatically.
Where ArchiveBox fits
- Filed under: Best Web Archiving Tools (2026)
- Also in: Best Free Save-to Tools (2026)
- Also in: Best Open-Source Save-to Tools (2026)
- Also in: Best Self-Hosted Save Tools (2026)
- If it ever shuts down: Save tool graveyard
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