Changelog
What's new in WebsiteArchiver: new features, improvements, and fixes for every release.
Version 2.1
macOS
New
- Export any saved page as a single HTML or Markdown file, images included. All export formats now sit in the File menu.
- Export a whole crawl as one combined PDF or WARC file.
- Save Markdown Version keeps a clean text copy next to the saved page, without replacing it.
- Saved Reader: open a page's saved text version right in the viewer.
- A new Capture menu holds Quick Capture, Quick Paste URL and the Crawler.
- Two new capture options for smaller archives: skip hidden page elements, and leave out empty ad boxes.
- Remove images can now keep small images such as icons and logos.
- Rename a crawl's folder straight from the library.
- The crawl graph shows which way links point, with new settings for arrows and layout.
- Hide Navigation Links keeps the menu links repeated on every page out of the graph.
- The info panel shows how many images were saved and how the page is stored.
- WebsiteArchiver now warns before you put your library in a cloud-synced folder.
- The app reopens the view you were last in.
Improved
- Reader Mode has a new engine that finds the article far more reliably, entirely on your Mac.
- Reader Mode keeps the article's main picture at the top, and opens instantly the second time.
- Front pages are recognised as overviews instead of being turned into a jumble of teasers.
- Markdown versions keep the article's pictures and handle difficult pages much better.
- Pages full of photos save much faster.
- Smaller archives: oversized photos are shrunk with no visible difference.
- Convert to Markdown Only can now be undone.
- Remove Images asks before it deletes anything.
- Export works on all selected pages at once.
- The crawler remembers your last settings. Include subdomains now starts off.
- The crawl graph counts only real page links, so it shows the actual structure.
- More room for the page: Back, Forward and the viewer switcher moved up into the address row.
- A tidier menu bar, with icons throughout.
- App Store version: Restore Purchases now tells you whether a purchase was found.
Fixed
- App Store version: your Lifetime purchase is now saved reliably and no longer falls back to “Free Version”.
- Images a page would not hand over are now saved instead of coming out blank.
- Pages with embedded frames are no longer saved twice, which makes them about twice as fast.
- Lazy-loaded images on most sites are saved now instead of staying blank.
- More image fixes, including pages that used to lose every single picture.
- Retried captures get the full download time, so slow servers no longer lose images.
- Reader Mode keeps the pictures.
- Reader Mode and Markdown work on compressed pages, which used to open nearly empty.
- Links between the pages of a crawl work in Reader Mode.
- Recent fills up again after big crawls.
- Pages saved as Markdown only can be found by search again.
- An interrupted first scan of a library now finishes on the next launch.
- Menu commands keep working when the list column is collapsed.
- ⇧⌘V now opens Quick Capture, matching its setting.
- Crawl export dialogs always appear.
Version 2.0.1
macOS
Fixed
- No more Keychain permission dialog: WebsiteArchiver no longer asks to use your confidential information stored in “im.kip.WebsiteArchiver.sync” at launch or when enabling sync.
- iCloud Sync now works in the direct-download version. Version 2.0 showed “iCloud is not available” even when you were signed in.
Version 2.0
macOS iOS
New
- Website Crawler: archive entire websites instead of single pages, with two engines (Static & Browser), depth and domain limits, and a review step before anything is saved.
- Crawls in your library: a finished crawl becomes a folder full of pages, and you can add more pages to it later.
- Graph View: see a crawl as a network of linked pages instead of a list, and click any node to open that page.
- iOS app: WebsiteArchiver for iPhone and iPad. Capture pages from the share sheet, organize them with the folder drawer, and read your archive on the go.
- iCloud Sync: keep your devices in sync. Choose transfer-only (no permanent files in the cloud) or a full backup.
- Backup: export and import your whole library as a .zip, or keep a full cloud backup in iCloud, including restore.
- Capture queue: captures now run in the background with a status bar; keep working while pages are saved, and cancel a running capture at any time.
- Dynamic Reveal capture: pages with scroll animations are scrolled and revealed automatically before saving, so nothing is missing from the archive.
- Remove images & Markdown: optionally strip images above a size threshold or convert pages to Markdown to keep archives tiny.
- MHTML export, plus combined export of a whole crawl as a single PDF or WARC file.
- Chrome extension: save pages straight from Chrome.
- Reworked onboarding for an easier start.
Improved
- Optimized for macOS 26: WebsiteArchiver is built for the latest macOS and fits right into its new look.
- Pages are saved noticeably faster.
- Archives are much smaller: depending on the website, files up to ~10× smaller thanks to the built-in tracker and ad filter, image size thresholds, and tuned capture options.
- Large libraries: instant display and smooth scrolling even with thousands of items.
- Safari extension consolidated into a single, faster bundle.
- Complete localization in 10 languages, including the extensions.
- Better navigation in Reader View.
- Reworked license and purchase settings.
Fixed
- Safari extension: “Archive this page” stays in the context menu, follows the mode set in the popup, and no longer takes over the current tab.
- Menu commands that did nothing on macOS work again: Add Tags (⇧⌘T), New Folder (⇧⌘N), New Collection (⌥⌘N), Select all (⌘A).
- Pages captured after changing the Library Location are no longer missing on the next launch.
- Delete in the Options menu of the detail view now asks for confirmation, can be undone, and removes the archive's files too.
Version 1.1.1
macOS
Fixed
- Fixed an issue with In-App Purchases.
- Fixed a crash that could occur on first start.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when switching languages.
Version 1.1
macOS
New
- Safari extension: save pages straight from Safari.
- Export as .warc.
- Export as .webarchive.
- Free version with trial mode.
Improved
- Improved PDF export.
Version 1.0
macOSThe first release of WebsiteArchiver for macOS: save complete web pages as self-contained archives, organize them with folders, collections & tags, and read them anytime in Reader View or Live View, including Quick Capture, Quick URL and Quick Paste (⇧⌘V).