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  1. SingleFile

    Web Extension for saving a faithful copy of a complete web page in a single HTML file

    I use https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile

    I set it to tolerate longer processing times, and to open the file after saving so I can sanity check that it got everything. Works great at faithfully saving a page with images as it appears in browser, and saves so much time.

    You might also have a look at https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox

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  3. ArchiveBox

    🗃 Open source self-hosted web archiving. Takes URLs/browser history/bookmarks/Pocket/Pinboard/etc., saves HTML, JS, PDFs, media, and more...

    I use https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile

    I set it to tolerate longer processing times, and to open the file after saving so I can sanity check that it got everything. Works great at faithfully saving a page with images as it appears in browser, and saves so much time.

    You might also have a look at https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox

  4. obsidian-clipper

    Highlight and capture the web in your favorite browser. The official Web Clipper extension for Obsidian.

  5. monolith

    ⬛️ CLI tool and library for saving complete web pages as a single HTML file

    I am using monolith to just save the whole page to disk.

    https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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