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Open source alternatives to Wayback Machine

We track 5 open-source Wayback Machine alternatives, of which 4 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 4 ship a Docker image. Paperless-ngx leads on health at 99/100 with 479 commits in the last 90 days; across all 5 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0, MIT.

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81k
Combined stars
1,581
Commits / 90 days
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Showing 5 of 5 tools

All 5 Wayback Machine alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Paperless-ngx

    99 GOOD

    Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless).

    ★ 45k · ⟳ today · v3.1.3 · GPL-3.0

    DockerPython
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • ArchiveBox

    98 GOOD

    Create HTML & screenshot archives of sites from your bookmarks, browsing history, RSS feeds, or other sources (alternative to Wayback Machine).

    ★ 28k · ⟳ today · v0.7.4 · MIT

    DockerPython
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Open Archiver

    83 GOOD

    Email archiving solution with full-text search and eDiscovery search features.

    ★ 2.3k · ⟳ 17 days ago · v0.6.0 · AGPL-3.0

    Docker
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Omeka S

    81 GOOD

    Next-generation web publishing platform for institutions interested in connecting digital cultural heritage collections with other resources online.

    ★ 513 · ⟳ 6 days ago · v4.2.1 · GPL-3.0

    Nodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • bitmagnet

    42 SLOWING

    BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, content classifier and torrent search engine with web UI, GraphQL API and Servarr stack integration.

    ★ 4.4k · ⟳ 1 months ago · v0.10.0 · MIT

    DockerGo
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Wayback Machine alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Wayback Machine?

Paperless-ngx scores highest at 99/100, with 479 commits in the last 90 days, 45k GitHub stars and its latest release (v3.1.3) published 10 days ago. ArchiveBox has the most raw commit activity at 1046 commits in 90 days.

Which Wayback Machine alternatives use a permissive licence?

2 of 5 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): ArchiveBox (MIT), bitmagnet (MIT). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Wayback Machine alternatives run in Docker?

4 of 5 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Paperless-ngx, ArchiveBox, Open Archiver, bitmagnet. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.