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WinHTTrack v3.47-13 Updated

Checker on 19 May 2013

WinHTTrack is an offline browser utility. It allows you to download a website from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. WinHTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads.

Alternatively, X-WinHTTrack is a portable package optimized for external flash memory.

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System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Project files. A few non-critical settings such as language, window attributes and recent file list are written to the Windows registry.
Stealth: ? No. HKCU\Software\WinHTTrack Website Copier, HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\WinHTTrackProject, HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.whtt
Unicode support: No
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the no-install ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. The application files are located in the httrack subfolder. Launch WinHTTrack.exe.

Optional: libtest, src, and src_win can be removed to save 3.40 MB.
What's new?
  • Fixed: random closing of files/sockets, leading to "zip_zipWriteInFileInZip_failed" assertion, "bogus state" messages, or random garbage in downloaded files
  • Fixed: libssl.dylib is now in the search list for libssl on OSX
  • Fixed: bogus charset because the meta http-equiv tag is placed too far in the html page
  • Fixed: incorrect \\machine\dir structure build on Windows
  • Fixed: do not force a file to have an extension unless it has a known type (such as html), or a possibly known type (if delayed checks are disabled)
  • Fixed: HTML 5 addition regarding "poster" attribute for the "video" tag
  • Fixed: memory leaks in proxytrack.c
  • Fixed: correctly set the Z flag in hts-cache/new.txt file
  • Fixed: parallel patch, typo regarding ICONV_LIBS
  • Fixed: memory leak in hashtable, that may lead to excessive memory consumption
  • Fixed: on Windows, fixed possible DLL local injection
  • Fixed: UTF-8 conversion bug on Linux that may lead to buggy filenames
  • Fixed: zero-length files not being properly handled (not saved on disk, not updated)
  • Fixed: serious bug that may lead to download several times the same file, and "Unexpected 412/416 error" errors
  • Fixed: images in CSS were sometimes not correctly detected
  • Fixed: links within javascript events were sometimes not correctly detected
  • Fixed: webhttrack caused bus error on certain systems, such as Mac OSX, due to the stack size
  • Fixed: bogus charset for requests when filenames have non-ascii characters
  • Fixed: bogus charset on disk when filenames have non-ascii characters
  • New: support for IDNA / RFC 3492 (punycode) handling
Latest comments
Magibon on 2011-07-13 08:37

F.Y.I
English Users: Must use "X-WinHTTrack.ini" from "English_Users" folder.

I just mirrored 2 websites filled with tutorials i use and the end-result is astonishing!
the links have all been adjusted to the offline location.
all corresponding images and files have been included.
it's even capable of syncing, and able to create a database for searching with words. It even has a built in browser, so you can browse the mirrored webpage.

Prior to this i was using Web2PDF, a free online service that was only capable of creating a snapshot of 1 page afterwhich i had to edit with Acrobat to adjust the links and stuff, no support for links, and it created a watermark on each page.

this is probably one of the most amazing software i have used.

Thanks to the author for making this free!
Def. Recommend and a def. 10.

dot on 2012-03-17 12:38

Some sites (not all), though, keep "phoning home" (or rather to third parties), every time you view a page offline. I wish HTTrack would handle this better. Otherwise it's a great program. I'm mentioning this as some might be unaware of connections getting established in the background while they are viewing their favourite pages offline.

webfork on 2013-04-06 03:28

I've tried a few others over time and keep coming back to WinHTTrack. So lucky this program has been maintained over the years.

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WebSiteZip Packer v1.3 New

webfork on 6 Apr 2013

WebSiteZip Packer compiles HTML files into a single file (including all graphics, sounds, linked pages, etc.) with an integrated HTML browser. Ideal for e-books, product catalogs, site demos, manuals, and searchable information distribution.

Sites can be packed into a single EXE or viewed with the included, standalone viewer WSZView.exe for the .WSZ format. Also works as a standard HTML viewer.

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System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes. Both packer and viewer both operates as stealth applications. However, compiled EXE files extract to and operate from the temp folder and may remain there till you clean them.
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice. All needed files are in the {app} folder. Launch WSZPack.exe.
Latest comments
Magibon on 2011-07-13 13:56

i just discovered this app from user "Observer".

great little app., now if i can just find where the .exe is saved to.

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BackStreet Browser v3.1

webfork on 12 Aug 2012

BackStreet Browser - an automated tool for web sites download and offline browsing. Perform recursive, complete or partial web sites download including all linked pages, images, sounds and other elements.

Note: Version 3.2 appears to have gone payware so download has been redirected to rbytes.net

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System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the installer and extract to a temporary folder. Move the contents of {app} to a folder of your choice. Launch BackStreet.exe
Latest comments
sammy on 2010-09-07 18:50

does not work with php or asp
can not edit a mark project even when it is not used

DT on 2011-02-06 18:49

this software is not freeware...please remove it! :-(

Wolfghost on 2011-02-06 21:03

>DT Thanks, it's updated ;)

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CHReader v0.9.4

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013

CHReader collects a group of related web files (along with images, resources, etc...) to a single compressed archive (up to 4GB). The program then acts as a dedicated local web server (port 8078) and lets you browse it using your preferred web browser without decompressing it. This way you can retrieve very large sites with web spiders and keep them in a compact form that can be readily viewed.

Category:
System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Unicode support: No
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to any folder of your choice. Launch CHReader.exe.
Latest comments
Midas on 2009-03-11 12:49

CHReader has now been updated to version 0.9.4 -- it now accepts command line parameters. This is great for automation purposes. I'm upgrading my recommendation: *****!

Maeve on 2009-08-11 01:19

Dead link.

guinness on 2010-04-03 07:03

@Maeve it's not dead just a problem with redirection.

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