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Webrecorder receives $1.3M open source development grant from the Filecoin Foundation

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I’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!

By Ilya Kreymer

Launch of Open Collective and First Institutional Sponsor

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We are excited to announce the launch of Webrecorder's Open Collective page, and to welcome Rhizome as our first institutional sponsor through this platform

By Ilya Kreymer and Lorena Ramírez-López

Improving browser-based web archiving with standards and design research

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After 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.

By Cade Diehm, Ed Summers, and Lorena Ramírez-López

Webrecorder receives a grant for Design and Standardization of Browser-Based Web Archives

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I'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.

By Ilya Kreymer

Webrecorder Website Update

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The Webrecorder site got a slight overhaul today, thanks to the work of UX Designer Thomas Walskaar and our generalist developer, Emma Dickson!

By Ilya Kreymer

Lorena Ramírez-López joins Webrecorder as Community Manager

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I'm excited to announce that Lorena Ramírez-López has joined Webrecorder team as a part-time community manager!

By Ilya Kreymer

Emma Dickson joins Webrecorder as Generalist Developer

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I'm excited to announce that the Webrecorder team has expanded, and that Emma Dickson has joined Webrecorder as a part-time Generalist Developer!

By Ilya Kreymer

Supporting IIPC community in transitioning to Webrecorder pywb

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I'm excited to announce an exciting new collaboration between Webrecorder and International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC), a group of national, university and regional libraries and archives involved in web archiving all over the world. The IIPC will recommend the adoption of Webrecorder pywb, the core Python web archiving toolset developed by Webrecorder as the 'go to' web archive replay system.

By Ilya Kreymer

A New Phase for Webrecorder Project, Conifer and ReplayWeb.page

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Today, I’m excited to announce a new phase for the Webrecorder Project, and several major releases/updates. First, welcome to https://webrecorder.net/ - the new official site of the Webrecorder Project. Feel free to look around, and pardon the dust. This site will contain all news and updates from Webrecorder, and the tools page is being updated to maintain a current index of all Webrecorder software.

By Ilya Kreymer