wayback ☆

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Description:
Archiving tool integrated with various archival services

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: archiving preservation internet-archive ipfs web

Install: brew install wayback

About:
Wayback is a self-hosted archiving tool designed to preserve web content by integrating with multiple archival services like the Internet Archive and IPFS. It provides a unified interface for saving web pages, ensuring long-term accessibility and redundancy. The tool is particularly valuable for researchers and organizations needing robust, decentralized data preservation.

Key Features:

Multi-service integration (Internet Archive, IPFS, Telegraph)
CLI and Web UI for interaction
Supports various media types including PDF and screenshots
Proxy mode for real-time archiving

Use Cases:

Preserving web pages for academic or legal research
Creating personal or organizational backups of online content
Bypassing censorship by accessing archived versions of sites

Alternatives:

ArchiveBox – ArchiveBox is a more complex, self-contained solution that requires more setup, whereas Wayback focuses on acting as a client for external archival services.
SingleFile – SingleFile is a browser extension for saving single pages locally, while Wayback is a server-side tool for automated, bulk archiving across multiple backends.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 10, 2025 1:39am		0	VERSION_BUMP	d507fb17
Sep 11, 2025 9:11pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	6c848db2