SingleFile
Browser extension and CLI that saves a complete web page as one HTML file.
Used to save web pages as one self-contained HTML file for personal archiving123, and seen as more robust than many alternatives, including on pages behind captchas or logins.4567 No complaints came up; it suits people keeping long-term web archives or pairing it with bookmark managers like LinkDing and Karakeep.8910
Why people recommend it
Save for later · 3
Commenters regularly use it to keep copies of pages that might disappear.
“Since 2019, I SingleFile (https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile) potentially ephemeral pages into a folder”
“i prefer and very often use https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile”
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“Those I save with SingleFile and attach in LinkDing manually. Simple and works!”
Single HTML file · 3
It packs a page, including images and fonts, into one portable HTML file.
“I find SingleFile [0] a much more robust version of this.”
“I used singlefile to make a html”
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“I used singlefile extension to get an .html file”
Robust capture · 3
It is called more robust than similar tools and works where automated archivers fail.
“I find SingleFile [0] a much more robust version of this.”
“Singlefile does that much better than most”
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“Those I save with SingleFile and attach in LinkDing manually. Simple and works!”
PDF workflow · 2
Some save with it first and then convert the saved page to PDF.
“I use single file to download and the print as pdf”
“I used singlefile to make a html”
CLI and crawling · 2
A Puppeteer-based CLI supports scoped recursive crawls of internal links.
“Singlefile supports scoped recursive crawls too”
“I find SingleFile [0] a much more robust version of this.”
Tool integration · 2
It is built into or used alongside bookmark and archiving tools.
“Its extension has SingleFile built in for browser capture”
“Those I save with SingleFile and attach in LinkDing manually. Simple and works!”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Websites Should Be Printable 2 mentions
- Show HN: Kage – Shadow any website to a single binary for offline viewing 2 mentions
- Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep 1 mention
- Show HN: Vertex, your personal archiver and annotator 1 mention
- Hister – private, self hosted search engine 1 mention
- TSA lines are so out of control that travelers are hiring line-sitters 1 mention
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All comments 10
“I use single file to download and the print as pdf”
“i prefer and very often use https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile”
“Those I save with SingleFile and attach in LinkDing manually. Simple and works!”
“Its extension has SingleFile built in for browser capture”
“Singlefile does that much better than most”
“Singlefile supports scoped recursive crawls too”
“I find SingleFile [0] a much more robust version of this.”
“I used singlefile to make a html”
“I used singlefile extension to get an .html file”
“Since 2019, I SingleFile (https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile) potentially ephemeral pages into a folder”