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Webrecorder receives $1.3M open source development grant from the Filecoin Foundation
CompanyI’m really thrilled to announce that Webrecorder has received a two-year, $1.3M open source development grant from the Filecoin Foundation! The grant will support our mission of developing quality open source web archiving tools for all!
Introducing: Browsertrix
ProductI'm excited to announce that Webrecorder is working is embarking on perhaps our most ambitious development effort to date: the collaborative development of Browsertrix!
Launch of Open Collective and First Institutional Sponsor
CompanyWe are excited to announce the launch of Webrecorder's Open Collective page, and to welcome Rhizome as our first institutional sponsor through this platform
Improving browser-based web archiving with standards and design research
CompanyAfter 30 years, we see how much the web and its users have grown and evolved and web archiving — “the process of collecting portions of the World Wide Web” must adapt technology, tools and workflows to evolve with it to ensure the access and use of these preserved collections in an archival format.
Web Archives on, of, and off the Web
ResourcesLast month Webrecorder announced a new effort to improve browser support for web archives. They are soliciting use cases for the WACZ format.
Webrecorder receives a grant for Design and Standardization of Browser-Based Web Archives
CompanyI'm excited to announce that Webrecorder has received a $100,000 Open Source Development Grant from the Filecoin Foundation to work on the standardization and design around the creation of browser-based web archives.
Webrecorder Website Update
CompanyThe Webrecorder site got a slight overhaul today, thanks to the work of UX Designer Thomas Walskaar and our generalist developer, Emma Dickson!
Announcing pywb 2.6.0 release
ProductAfter several betas and months of development, I’m excited to announce the release of pywb 2.6!
Autopilot: Testable Automated Behaviors for ArchiveWeb.page and Browsertrix
ProductWeb archiving can be complex and often tedious work, especially when trying to archive dynamic, infinitely complex content such as social media. A key goal of Webrecorder tools is to make web archiving simpler, and we've taken an important step with latest update to our tools. Over the last week, the Webrecorder team has been quietly testing our new automated, in-page behavior system, sometimes also known as Autopilot!
Announcing New ArchiveWeb.page App, Deprecating Older Tools
ProductOver the years, the Webrecorder project has developed a lot of tools to make web archiving easier and accessible for all. To continue pushing the boundaries of high-fidelity web archiving and make tools that are easy to use and easy to maintain, it is sometimes necessary to discontinue older tools and focus on new ones.
Introducing Browsertrix Crawler
ProductI wanted to more publicly announce Webrecorder's new automated browser-based crawling system: Browsertrix Crawler.
Introducing ArchiveWeb.page - Local High-Fidelity Web Archiving directly in your browser
ProductI am excited to announce the launch of ArchiveWeb.page, a brand-new high-fidelity web archiving system available as a Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store.
Announcing WACZ Format 1.0
ProductThe Webrecorder team has just finished a new release for WACZ and we’re delighted to share it with you!
Flash Ain't Dead Yet! Even More Ways to Run Flash using OldWeb.today
ProductA new version of OldWeb.today was released two weeks ago, switching to in-browser Javascript and WebAssembly emulation.
Announcing the New OldWeb.today
ProductJust over five years ago, at the beginning of December 2015, I released the initial version of OldWeb.today, which demonstrated running emulated browsers connected to web archives.