xroche/httrack

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  root((HTTrack))
    What it does
      Downloads whole websites
      Offline browsing
      Preserves internal links
    Key Features
      Incremental updates
      Resume interrupted download
      Configurable options
    Platforms
      WinHTTrack for Windows
      WebHTTrack for Linux and BSD
    Use Cases
      Offline access
      Site archival
      Internal mirror
    Setup
      Build from source
      Or use httrack.com installer

mindmap root((HTTrack)) What it does Downloads whole websites Offline browsing Preserves internal links Key Features Incremental updates Resume interrupted download Configurable options Platforms WinHTTrack for Windows WebHTTrack for Linux and BSD Use Cases Offline access Site archival Internal mirror Setup Build from source Or use httrack.com installer

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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Download a full website to your laptop before traveling somewhere without reliable internet access

USE CASE 2

Archive a website you depend on before it goes offline, preserving all pages and internal links intact

USE CASE 3

Mirror a documentation site locally so your team can browse it on an internal network without internet access

USE CASE 4

Resume an interrupted website download exactly where it left off without re-downloading files already saved

Tech stack

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Binary installers available at httrack.com, building from source requires a C compiler and standard build tools.

GNU GPL, you can use, modify, and share this software freely as long as you release your changes under the same license.

In plain English

HTTrack is a tool that copies entire websites from the internet to your computer so you can browse them offline. You point it at a website, and it downloads all the pages, images, and other files, keeping the links between pages intact so everything still works when you open the saved files in a browser. The basic idea is that once the download is complete, you open any page from the saved copy on your local computer and navigate from link to link just as you would on the live site. If you have a slow or unreliable connection, or simply want access to a site when you are not online, this is the problem HTTrack solves. HTTrack also supports updating a previously saved copy of a site, so you do not have to re-download everything from scratch if the site has changed. It can also pick up where it left off if a download was interrupted. The tool is described as fully configurable and includes a built-in help system, though the README itself is brief and does not detail what those configuration options cover. There are two versions: WinHTTrack for Windows and WebHTTrack for Linux, Unix, and BSD systems. Both come from the same codebase in this repository. If you want to build it yourself from the source code, the README provides a short sequence of terminal commands to clone the repository and compile it. This is the official development repository for the project. The main website at httrack.com is where you would go for downloads, documentation, and more background on the tool. The project is written in C and has accumulated a few thousand stars on GitHub, suggesting it has been useful to a broad range of people over the years.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Show me the HTTrack command to download the entire documentation site at https://example.com/docs and save it to ~/offline-docs, following links up to 3 levels deep.

Prompt 2

How do I use HTTrack to update a previously downloaded copy of a site so only changed or new pages are downloaded again?

Prompt 3

Give me the HTTrack command to mirror a site but exclude images larger than 5MB and any URL paths matching /forum/*.

Prompt 4

How do I build HTTrack from source on Ubuntu using the commands in the xroche/httrack repository?

Prompt 5

Set up HTTrack to download a site and automatically retry failed downloads, limiting to 5 concurrent connections to avoid overloading the server.

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