ArchiveBox
Create HTML & screenshot archives of sites from your bookmarks, browsing history, RSS feeds, or other sources (alternative to Wayback Machine).
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Still maintained? Yes: 3,106 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.9.77 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Pocket and Wayback Machine.
At a glance
ArchiveBox quick facts
- Health score
- 98/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 28,901
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.9.77, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to ArchiveBox
Full rankings: Pocket alternatives, Wayback Machine alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "ArchiveBox is a self-hosted app that lets you preserve content from websites in a variety of formats."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ArchiveBox scores 98/100, #2 of 19 in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP): 3,106 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.9.77, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 28,901 stars add 17.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
3106 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.9.77 released 3 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 17.8 / 20
29k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 3106
- Last 90 days
- 4,579
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 19 tools in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP) by health , between Paperless-ngx (#1) and Tube Archivist (#3) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.9.77 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 28,901 |
| Open issues | 158 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox ↗ |
ArchiveBox vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with ArchiveBox (Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperless-ngx | 99 | 47k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ArchiveBox (this tool) | 98 | 29k | MIT | yesterday |
| Readeck | 92 | 1.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
| Wallabag | 86 | 13k | MIT | yesterday |
| Open Archiver | 84 | 2.4k | AGPL-3.0 | 6 days ago |
| Omeka S | 81 | 528 | GPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
ArchiveBox: common questions
What does ArchiveBox replace?
Repoly lists ArchiveBox as an open-source alternative to Pocket and Wayback Machine. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where ArchiveBox stands against the others.
Is ArchiveBox still maintained?
ArchiveBox had 3,106 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.9.77, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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