# ArchiveBox

> ArchiveBox is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the archiving category. Create HTML & screenshot archives of sites from your bookmarks, browsing history, RSS feeds, or other sources (alternative to Wayback Machine). It has 28,690 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox |
| Website | https://archivebox.io/ |
| GitHub stars | 28,690 |
| Forks | 1,611 |
| Open issues | 159 |
| License | MIT |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Python |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Categories | Archiving |
| Commits, last 12 months | 3,146 |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Latest release | v0.9.71 (Sep 28, 2026) |
| Created | May 5, 2017 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: pocket, wget, browser-bookmarks, pinboard, chromium, firefox, backups, rss, web-archiving, python

## Install

ArchiveBox ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox for the image name and environment variables.

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