The Internet Archivist's Intrepid Extension

Save the pages you visit on the Wayback Machine while browsing the World Wide Web.

Intrepid Extension: Save Pages on Wayback Machine

The Internet Archivist's Intrepid Extension is a Chrome extension that enables users to save the webpages they visit on the Wayback Machine while browsing the World Wide Web. It automatically submits new hyperlinks to be archived, providing a convenient way to preserve web content.
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Extension stats

Users: 47
-2
Rating: 4.50
(2)
Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2018-09-11)
Creation date: 2018-09-10
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 10.93K

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Extension summary

NOTICE: The Internet Archive has made some adjustments to their site which now prevent this extension from working properly. I don't think they've targeted this extension specifically, but archive.org will now identify your browser as a bot when using this extension to submit pages for archival. I'm leaving this extension here on the Chrome Web Store because I'm really proud of it, however, it's no longer functional. If you would like to try it out, it may work for awhile, but eventually archive.org will identify you as a bot and block traffic from your browser.

FORMER DESCRIPTION: The Internet Archivist's Intrepid Browser Extension allows users to automatically save the webpages they visit on the Wayback Machine while surfing the World Wide Web. The magic all happens in a non-active browser tab on the left side of Google Chrome while the extension is running. As users browse the web, this non-active tab will continually submit new hyperlinks to the Wayback Machine to be archived. For the best browsing experience, please leave this tab open; there is no need to continually close this tab.

User reviews

maybe write a backlog of websites and submit them in the background periodically to avoid archive.org's rate limiting?

The Internet Archivist's Intrepid Browser Extension is the bomb.com ;)
by Chris Pedersen, 2018-02-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

The Internet Archivist's Intrepid Extension requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

The Internet Archivist's Intrepid Extension is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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