Show HN: Webclone.js – A simple tool to clone websites
github.comI needed a lightweight way to archive documentation from a website. wget and similar tools failed to clone the site reliably (missing assets, broken links, etc.), so I ended up building a full website-cloning tool using Node.js + Puppeteer.
Repo: https://github.com/jademsee/webclone
Feedback, issues, and PRs are very welcome.
Really nice tool, Thank you! I had confronted some issues after cloned the repo and installed the node_modules. I'm using node.js v20, when I tried "node webclone.js --help" the terminal catch a error of "Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module /Users/fangyexu/Desktop/dev-s/_github/webclone/node_modules/yargs/index.mjs not supported."
Then I just throwed it to my Cursor and it help me solved the issue.
Looks good! You could push to npm so that running it could be as easy as:
npx webclone URL (no repo cloning required)
Also, FYI, when running the example code
node webclone.js https://www.example.com/
It fails (at least for me) until I either install yt-dlp or ignore videos via:
node webclone.js https://www.example.com/
Great feedback! Will get this fixed. Thank you.
can it also clone games? you know these web html games
I haven't tried. Would you be able to share some links so I could test?
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Hey thanks! This is quite handful, I often do this "manually", lol.
Glad you find it useful. Please feel free to share with your friends.