Skip to content
appsgit

Wayback

Wayback is a free, open-source chat app for Windows, macOS and Linux. An archiving tool with an IM-style interface that prioritizes privacy and accessibility, integrated with various archival services including Internet Archive, archive.today, Ghostarchive, IPFS. It has 2,248 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license.

github.com/wabarc/wayback (opens in a new tab)

Data as of from the GitHub API; description from the project's repository. Report an error

Download from GitHub (opens in a new tab)View on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

About Wayback

Wayback is a web archiving and playback tool that allows users to capture and preserve web content. It provides an IM-style interface for receiving and presenting archived web content, and a search and playback service for retrieving previously archived pages. Wayback is designed to be used by web archivists, researchers, and anyone who wants to preserve web content and access it in the future.

Install Wayback

Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.

Snap (Linux)
snap install wayback

Package page (opens in a new tab)

Similar apps

More open-source chat apps

All chat & communication

FAQ

Wayback FAQ

Still curious? Email info@appsgit.com.

Is Wayback free and open source?

Yes. Wayback's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.

How do I install Wayback?

Snap: snap install wayback. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v0.21.1).

Is Wayback still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Jul 5, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.