Save To The Wayback Machine

Quickly save web pages to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
What is Save To The Wayback Machine?
"Save To The Wayback Machine" is a Chrome extension designed to provide efficient archiving of web pages on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. This tool is equipped with features such as detecting if a page can be archived, saving pages, images, and links via the right-click (context) menu, viewing the last time a page was archived, and tracking the number of pages a user has archived. Note: This unofficial extension is not affiliated with the Internet Archive.

Extension stats

Users: 5,000+
Rating: 4.45 (38)
Version: 5.6.1 (Last updated: 2022-04-09)
Creation date: 2020-04-30
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • notifications
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • https://archive.org/wayback/available?url=*
  • https://web.archive.org/*
Size: 90.83K

Ranking

Other platforms

Save To The Wayback Machine (v5.6.1)
4.67 (12) 311
Save To The Wayback Machine (v5.6.1)
3.50 (2) 1,841+
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Extension summary

Quickly save web pages to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine and see the last time your current page was archived.

Features:

  • Detects if a page can or can not be archived.
  • Save pages, images and links via the right click (context) menu.
  • See the last time a page was archived.
  • Keep track of the number of pages that you have archived.

This is an unofficial extension and is not sponsored, owned, or endorsed by the Internet Archive.

Release History: https://github.com/VerifiedJoseph/Save-to-the-Wayback-Machine/releases

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Easy to use and user-friendly interface
  • Enables users to both archive pages and load archived pages very easily
  • Provides a minimalistic design
Cons
  • Support will be discontinued in January 2023 and users are recommended to use the official extension instead
  • The extension may sometimes run slow
  • If a user switches tabs while a page is archiving, the progress is no longer visible
Most mentioned
  • The extension does what it's supposed to
  • The need for an option to log in to the Archive account through the extension
  • The extension could be improved if it automatically indicates if a page has been saved
User reviews
Minimalistic and does what it supposted to do
by Noctuna, 2021-03-20

Pretty great! At worst it's a bit slow at times, but I think that has more to do with the Internet Archive being under a heavy load and not the extension.
by Garbouw Deark, 2021-02-19

Perfeito. Extensão muito útil e completa.
by Rogerio M. Souza, 2020-11-04
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Save To The Wayback Machine requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Save To The Wayback Machine has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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