web-archives: Open Source Browsers & Extensions

web-archives is a free, open source browsers & extensions project written in JavaScript and released under GPL-3.0. It has 1,593 GitHub stars, 125 forks and 28 open issues, and was last pushed 3 months ago. On this registry it ranks #82 of 101 tracked projects in Browsers & Extensions, with 5 head-to-head comparisons available.

Web Archives

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Supporting the Project

Web Archives is an open source project made possible thanks to a community of awesome supporters. If you'd like to support the continued development of the extension, please consider contributing with Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin.

Description

Web Archives is a browser extension that enables you to find archived and cached versions of web pages, and comes with support for various search engines. Searches can be initiated from the context menu and the browser toolbar.

Search Engines

A diverse set of archive and cache sources are supported, which can be toggled and reordered from the extension's options. Visit the wiki for the full list of supported search engines.

https://github.com/dessant/web-archives/wiki/Search-engines

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License

This software is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the LICENSE file for further information.

Frequently asked questions

Is web-archives free to use?

web-archives is open source under the GPL-3.0 licence. There is no licence fee and no seat count — you can self-host it or, where the project offers one, pay a vendor for a managed version instead.

What does web-archives do?

Browser extension for viewing archived and cached versions of web pages, available for Chrome, Edge and Safari

What is web-archives written in?

web-archives is primarily written in JavaScript. Its source is publicly available at https://github.com/dessant/web-archives, and it has 1,593 GitHub stars.