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Webrecorder pywb 2.3
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Web Archiving Tools for All
---------------------------
`View the full pywb documentation <https://pywb.readthedocs.org>`_
**pywb** is a Python (2 and 3) web archiving toolkit for replaying web archives large and small as accurately as possible.
The toolkit now also includes new features for creating high-fidelity web archives.
This toolset forms the foundation of Webrecorder project, but also provides a generic web archiving toolkit
that is used by other web archives, including the traditional "Wayback Machine" functionality.
New Features
^^^^^^^^^^^^
The 2.x release included a major overhaul of pywb and introduces many new features, including the following:
* Dynamic multi-collection configuration system with no-restart updates.
* New recording capability to create new web archives from the live web or other archives.
* Componentized architecture with standalone Warcserver, Recorder and Rewriter components.
* Support for Memento API aggregation and fallback chains for querying multiple remote and local archival sources.
* HTTP/S Proxy Mode with customizable certificate authority for proxy mode recording and replay.
* Flexible rewriting system with pluggable rewriters for different content-types.
* Standalone, modular `client-side rewriting system (wombat.js) <https://github.com/webrecorder/wombat>`_ to handle most modern web sites.
* Improved 'calendar' query UI, grouping results by year and month, and updated replay banner.
Please see the `full documentation <https://pywb.readthedocs.org>`_ for more detailed info on all these features.
Installation
------------
To run and install locally you can:
* Install with ``python setup.py install``
* Run tests with ``python setup.py test``
* Run Wayback with ``wayback`` (see docs for info on how to setup collections)
* Build docs locally with: ``cd docs; make html``. (The docs will be built in ``./_build/html/index.html``)
Consult the local or `online docs <https://pywb.readthedocs.org>`_ for latest usage and configuration details.
Contributions & Bug Reports
---------------------------
Users are encouraged to fork and contribute to this project to keep improving web archiving tools.
A few key features are high on list of priorities, but have not yet been implemented, including:
* Url Exclusion System
* UI Improvements
If you are interested in contributing, especially to any of these areas, please let us know!
Otherwise, please take a look at `list of current issues <https://github.com/webrecorder/pywb/issues>`_ and feel free to open new ones about any aspect of pywb, including the new documentation.