Wayback
Wayback is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Archiving category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Go. It has 2,248 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,248
- Forks
- 88
- Open issues
- 27
- Commits, last 12 months
- 26
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.21.1Jul 5, 2026
- Created
- Jun 13, 2020
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 26 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 26 |
| Latest release | v0.21.1 (Jul 5, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 |
| Releases, all time | 58 |
| Open issues | 27 |
| Open pull requests | 38 |
| Good first issues | 2 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jun 13, 2020 |
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About Wayback
A self-hosted toolkit for archiving webpages to the Internet Archive, archive.today, IPFS, and local file systems.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/wabarc/wayback.
Topics
- telegram
- archive
- wayback-machine
- save-the-internet
- snapshot-webpage
- internet-archive
- memento
- ipfs
- heroku
- mastodon
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Is Wayback free and open source?
Yes. Wayback is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Wayback with Docker?
Wayback does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Go), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Wayback?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Wayback include Paperless-ngx, ArchiveBox and Wallabag.
Is Wayback actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Wayback was on Oct 23, 2026 with 26 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.21.1, published Jul 5, 2026. It had 27 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.