HTTrack Website Copier
9 comments
·March 18, 2025ksec
Not sure about the context on why this is on HN but it surely put a smile on my face. Used to use it during 56K era when I just download everything and read it. Basically using it as RSS before RSS was a thing.
pixelesque
Used Teleport Pro myself back then.
NewEntryHN
Is this
wget --mirror
?
shuri
Time to add AI mode to this :).
LinuxBender
You jest, but AI could look up the site's IP on shodan and a few others then get a shell, elevate to root and just use GNU Tar to back up the site including daemon configurations assuming it's not well hidden behind a CDN and not leaking the origin servers.
hombre_fatal
I saw this on Twitter which came to mind when I read the title: https://same.new/
Of course, it does a from scratch reimpl of a single web page, but it might be related enough to be interesting here.
ulrischa
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I’ve used it a few times to “secure” an old but relevant dynamic website site. Like a site for a mature project that shouldn’t disappear from the internet but it’s not worth upgrading 5 year old code that wont pass our “cyber security audit” due to unsupported versions of php or rails so we just convert to a static site and delete the database. Everything pretty much works fine on the front end, and the CMS functionality is no longer needed. It’s great for that niche use case.