Wayback
Wayback is a free, open-source chat app for Windows, macOS and Linux. An archiving tool with an IM-style interface that prioritizes privacy and accessibility, integrated with various archival services including Internet Archive, archive.today, Ghostarchive, IPFS. It has 2,236 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license.
- Official
- Linux
- macOS
- Windows
- BSD
- Chat & communication
- Maintained
About Wayback
Wayback is a web archiving and playback tool that allows users to capture and preserve web content. It provides an IM-style interface for receiving and presenting archived web content, and a search and playback service for retrieving previously archived pages. Wayback is designed to be used by web archivists, researchers, and anyone who wants to preserve web content and access it in the future.
Install Wayback
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What is Wayback?
Wayback is a free, open-source chat app for Windows, macOS and Linux. An archiving tool with an IM-style interface that prioritizes privacy and accessibility, integrated with various archival services including Internet Archive, archive.today, Ghostarchive, IPFS. It has 2,236 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license.
Is Wayback free and open source?
Yes. Wayback's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Wayback?
Snap: snap install wayback. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v0.21.1).
Is Wayback still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Jul 5, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.