The classic. Saves the current HTML file plus a _files folder containing CSS, JS, and images. It’s not recursive—it won’t follow links—but for a single page, it’s perfect.
Let’s clear the air. A siterip is the process of recursively downloading all or most of a website’s publicly accessible content to local storage. The goal is to create a fully functional offline mirror. firefoxs siterip
They’re like a Swiss Army knife—handy in a pinch, but you wouldn’t build a house with just the corkscrew. Part 3: The Real Workhorses – Firefox Extensions for Siteripping The classic
| If you need… | Use… | Not Firefox | |--------------|-------|--------------| | Recursive crawl (follow every link) | wget --mirror , httrack | ❌ | | Respecting robots.txt and crawl delays | wget with --wait | ❌ (unless scripted) | | Save 10,000+ pages efficiently | zimit , archivebox , heritrix | ❌ | | Save one complex, JS-heavy page exactly as seen | | ✅ | | Download all images from a gallery page | Firefox + DownThemAll! | ✅ | | Archive pages behind a login (your own account) | Firefox + SingleFile (logged in) | ✅ | Let’s clear the air