ArchiveBox Desktop

Your web archive. On your desktop.
Save websites, browse your collection, and run ArchiveBox on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

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_{Your saved pages   ·   Live archiving progress — shown on macOS. Click either screenshot to enlarge.}

ArchiveBox saves copies of websites so you can revisit them after they change or disappear. ArchiveBox Desktop brings your collection, archiving activity, and server controls together in one app, with the files stored on your own computer.

• 📥 Save the pages you care about. Add links individually or paste a list, choose what to capture, and let ArchiveBox do the archiving.
• 🔎 Find it again. Search saved pages, organize them with tags, and browse your collection as a list or grid.
• 🗂️ Keep more than a bookmark. Open saved snapshots and explore their captured pages, screenshots, and other output files.
• 📊 Follow archiving progress. See current downloads and jobs in Activity.
• 🖥️ Keep your server close. Start, stop, restart, and update ArchiveBox from Settings. Close the window and keep it running in the tray.
• 🌐 Use your archive across devices. Keep access on this computer or enable access over your local network.

Downloads

| Platform | Download | | --- | --- | | 🪟 Windows | Windows installer (.exe) | | 🐧 Debian / Ubuntu | Linux package (.deb) | | 🐧 Fedora / RHEL | Linux package (.rpm) | | 🍎 macOS | Mac disk image (.dmg) — Intel & Apple Silicon |

All releases & release notes. Installers are unsigned, so your operating system may ask you to approve the app on first launch.

Get started

1. Install and start Docker. Use Docker Desktop on Windows or Mac, or Docker Desktop / Docker Engine on Linux. On Windows, use Linux containers.
2. Install ArchiveBox Desktop. Download the installer for your platform above, install it, and open the app.
3. Create your administrator account. Choose your username and password when prompted. The first launch downloads ArchiveBox and prepares your collection, which can take a few minutes.
4. Save your first link. Sign in, choose Add URLs, paste a website address, and start archiving. Open Activity to follow its progress, then browse the saved page.

Save, search, and revisit

Use Add URLs to save one page or a whole list. Add tags such as research, recipes, or read-later, and choose the output formats you want to keep.

Browse your collection to find a saved page, switch between list and grid views, or search for a title, URL, or text. Open a snapshot to revisit the archived page and inspect its saved files. Use Activity to see what is still being archived, and Manage Users to manage accounts.

Want to save pages directly from your browser? Connect the ArchiveBox browser extension to your running server.

Your archive, on your computer

Your collection lives in the archivebox folder inside your home folder (~/archivebox). Settings → Open Archive Folder opens it in your file manager. Back up this folder to keep another copy of your archive.

• Close the window to keep ArchiveBox running in the tray.
• Stop ArchiveBox in Settings to stop the server without deleting your collection.
• Quit ArchiveBox to close the app and stop its server. Your saved files stay in place.
• Update ArchiveBox in Settings to download the latest server version and restart it. Desktop app downloads are available from Releases.

Connect from another device

By default, your server is available only on this computer, on port 5797. To use it from another device on your local network:

1. Open Settings and change Listen on to All interfaces / LAN.
2. Choose Apply & restart.
3. On the other device, open http://YOUR-COMPUTER-IP:5797 in a browser and sign in. Use your computer’s local network address in place of YOUR-COMPUTER-IP.

Help & feedback

• 📖 ArchiveBox documentation — archiving, output formats, and managing your collection.
• 💬 Community forum — ask questions and share how you use ArchiveBox.
• 🐛 Report a desktop app issue — include your operating system, app version, and what happened.
• 🖼️ Explore the screenshot gallery — setup, saved pages, search, settings, and more.

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