#834177 RFP: waybackpack -- command-line tool that lets you download the entire Wayback Machine archive for a given URL

#834177#3
Date:
2016-08-12 19:39:07 UTC
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* Package name    : waybackpack
   Version         : 0.3.2
   Upstream Author : Jeremy Singer-Vine
* URL             : https://github.com/jsvine/waybackpack
* License         : Expat
   Programming Lang: Python
   Description     : CLI to download the entire Wayback Machine archive for a given URL

Waybackpack is a command-line tool that lets you download the entire
Wayback Machine <https://archive.org/web/> archive for a given URL.

#834177#8
Date:
2025-07-03 01:26:21 UTC
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owner 834177 anarcat@debian.org
thanks

Just to let you know that there's also a Python version of this that's
called "wayback" and seems slightly better maintained, although I've
heard this one (wayback-machine-downloader) might be "better", it's
clear the repo mentioned about has been inactive for years and one must
find The Right Fork going forward.

For now I'll be taking a look at the python version, wayback.

A.

#834177#15
Date:
2025-07-03 01:54:15 UTC
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To:
noowner 834177
thanks

So I've done that. I've audited the code and did some basic packaging
(mostly thanks to py2dsp, but i did the job in full), and the result is
here:

https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/waybackpack

waybackpack works, but with one major limitation: it downloads only a
single URL at a time, not an entire site.

so I'm abandoning the packaging for now, anyone feel free to pick it up
and just upload it if you feel like it, but i don't quite see the point
myself.

now i guess we need to find the right machine-downloader fork now...

a.