HTTrack Website Copier – Offline Browser

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Wonder how to copy the whole of most websites you want and view them offline like online?

HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility.

It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer.

HTTrack arranges the original site’s relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the “mirrored” website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online.

HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads.

HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.

WinHTTrack is the Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP release of HTTrack, and WebHTTrack the Linux/Unix/BSD release. See the download page.

Advice & what not to do
Please follow these common sense rules to avoid any network abuse
Do not overload the websites! Downloading a site can overload it, if you have a fast pipe, or if you capture too many simultaneous cgi (dynamically generated pages).
Do not download too large websites: use filters
Do not use too many simultaneous connections
Use bandwidth limits
Use connection limits
Use size limits
Use time limits
Only disable robots.txt rules with great care
Try not to download during working hours
Check your mirror transfer rate/size
For large mirrors, first ask the webmaster of the site
Ensure that you can copy the website
Are the pages copyrighted?
Can you copy them only for private purpose?
Do not make online mirrors unless you are authorized to do so
Do not overload your network
Is your (corporate, private..) network connected through dialup ISP?
Is your network bandwidth limited (and expensive)?
Are you slowing down the traffic?
Do not steal private information
Do not grab emails
Do not grab private information