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A data hoarder’s dream come true: bundle any web page into a single HTML file. You can finally replace that gazillion of open tabs with a gazillion of .html files stored somewhere on your precious little drive.
Unlike the conventional “Save page as”, monolith not only saves the target document, it embeds CSS, image, and JavaScript assets all at once, producing a single HTML5 document that is a joy to store and share.
If compared to saving websites with wget -mpk, this tool embeds all assets as data URLs and therefore lets browsers render the saved page exactly the way it was on the Internet, even when no network connection is available.
Installation
Using Cargo (cross-platform)
cargo install monolith
Via Homebrew (macOS and GNU/Linux)
brew install monolith
Via Chocolatey (Windows)
choco install monolith
Via MacPorts (macOS)
sudo port install monolith
Using Snapcraft (GNU/Linux)
snap install monolith
Using Guix (GNU/Linux)
guix install monolith
Using AUR (Arch Linux)
yay monolith
Using aports (Alpine Linux)
apk add monolith
Using FreeBSD packages (FreeBSD)
pkg install monolith
Using FreeBSD ports (FreeBSD)
cd /usr/ports/www/monolith/
make install clean
Using pkgsrc (NetBSD, OpenBSD, Haiku, etc)
cd /usr/pkgsrc/www/monolith
make install clean
Using containers
docker build -t Y2Z/monolith .
sudo install -b dist/run-in-container.sh /usr/local/bin/monolith
From source
Dependency: libssl
git clone https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith.git
cd monolith
make install
Using pre-built binaries (Windows, ARM-based devices, etc)
Every release contains pre-built binaries for Windows, GNU/Linux, as well as platforms with non-standard CPU architecture.
Usage
monolith https://lyrics.github.io/db/P/Portishead/Dummy/Roads/ -o portishead-roads-lyrics.html
cat index.html | monolith -aIiFfcMv -b https://original.site/ - > result.html
Options
-a: Exclude audio sources-b: Use custombase URL-B: Forbid retrieving assets from specified domain(s)-c: Exclude CSS-C: Save document using customcharset-d: Allow retrieving assets only from specifieddomain(s)-e: Ignore network errors-f: Omit frames-F: Exclude web fonts-i: Remove images-I: Isolate the document-j: Exclude JavaScript-k: Accept invalid X.509 (TLS) certificates-M: Don't add timestamp and URL information-n: Extract contents of NOSCRIPT elements-o: Write output tofile(use “-” for STDOUT)-s: Be quiet-t: Adjustnetwork request timeout-u: Provide customUser-Agent-v: Exclude videos
Whitelisting and blacklisting domains
Options -d and -B provide control over what domains can be used to retrieve assets from, e.g.:
monolith -I -d example.com -d www.example.com https://example.com -o example-only.html
monolith -I -B -d .googleusercontent.com -d googleanalytics.com -d .google.com https://example.com -o example-no-ads.html
Dynamic content
Monolith doesn't feature a JavaScript engine, hence websites that retrieve and display data after initial load may require usage of additional tools.
For example, Chromium (Chrome) can be used to act as a pre-processor for such pages:
chromium --headless --incognito --dump-dom https://github.com | monolith - -I -b https://github.com -o github.html
Proxies
Please set https_proxy, http_proxy, and no_proxy environment variables.
Contributing
Please open an issue if something is wrong, that helps make this project better.
Related projects
- Monolith Chrome Extension: https://github.com/rhysd/monolith-of-web
- Pagesaver: https://github.com/distributed-mind/pagesaver
- Personal WayBack Machine: https://github.com/popey/pwbm
- Hako: https://github.com/dmpop/hako
- Monk: https://github.com/monk-dev/monk
License
To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all copyright related and neighboring rights to this software to the public domain worldwide.
This software is distributed without any warranty.
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