ArchiveBox version history

- New plugin system split into separate `abx-plugins` repository - Introduced standalone `abx-dl` CLI for one-shot archiving - Replaced `pluggy` with event-driven, append-only-log architecture - Improved data layout, migrations, and browser isolation for safer operation

This is an update for the `archivebox/archivebox:latest` **Docker** container's internal dependencies and the 0.7.x package metadata/lockfiles. - chromium `v147` (via `playwright==1.59.0`) - Chrome for Testing version validation fixed for Playwright Chromium builds - Node.js -> `v24.15.0` - gosu -> `v1.19` - yt-dlp -> `2026.03.17` - single-file -> `v2.0.83` - curl, wget, git, ripgrep, ffmpeg - Python dependencies bumped (except for Django, which is still limited to `>=3.1.3,<3.2`) Run `archivebox version` after updating and make sure any manually-installed system dependencies are up to date. Always back up your archive before upgrading. --- > [!TIP] > All new development work is happening over in the [v0.9.x `dev` branch](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/#Development). --- **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/compare/v0.7.3...v0.7.4

This is just an update for the `archivebox/archivebox:latest` **Docker** container's internal dependencies. - python, node - chrome -> `v131` ⭐️ - curl - wget - yt-dlp -> `2024.12.x` ⭐️ - single-file -> `v1.1.54` ⭐️ (this update **should help fix many archiving issues reported in v0.7.2**) - readability - ripgrep - sonic -> [`archivebox/sonic:latest`](https://hub.docker.com/r/archivebox/sonic) - git There is no change to any of the Python code so *no need to `pip` update to this version* if you are not using Docker. Run `archivebox version` if not using Docker and make sure any of your manually-installed dependencies are up-to-date . Always make sure to back up your archive. --- > [!TIP] > 👾 *All new development work is happening over in the [v0.8.x branch ➡️](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1526)* --- **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/compare/v0.7.2...v0.7.3

> [!WARNING] > *This is a *BETA pre-release* that improves upon the previous v0.8.4-rc ALPHA pre-release*. **The next stable release will be v0.9.0.** The `v0.8.x-rc` series of releases are for collecting feedback while we make [big architectural improvements](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1526) to support a new public plugin marketplace + ecosystem (powered by [`pluggy`](https://pluggy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html) + [`huey`](https://huey.readthedocs.io/) + [`pydantic`](https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/)). We want brave early adopters to help us test it! (if that's not you, wait for v0.9!) Also I just got a new job recently and I'm about to have a kid so no promises on stable release schedule anytime soon, sorry! <details> <summary>⬇️ BETA Instructions: 1. backup your collection 2. install the <code>:dev</code> branch with <code>docker</code>/<code>pip</code> <i>(expand for details)</i></summary> <br/> 1. 🗜️ Always make a full backup before installing new BETA releases! Remember, this is an unstable *sneak-preview* <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1526">in the middle of a rewrite</a>, so it MAY DAMAGE DATA. ```ba

> [!WARNING] > *This is an *ALPHA pre-release* that improves upon the previous v0.8.3-rc ALPHA pre-release*. **The next stable release will be v0.9.0.** The `v0.8.x-rc` series of releases are for collecting feedback while we make [big architectural improvements](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1526) to support a new public plugin marketplace + ecosystem (powered by [`pluggy`](https://pluggy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html) + [`huey`](https://huey.readthedocs.io/) + [`pydantic`](https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/)). We want brave early adopters to help us test it! (if that's not you, wait for v0.9!) --- ## Highlights <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/522ddf0e-6074-428a-a07a-8ce92a57e6b2" width="29%" align="top"/><img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3f12b1c7-3876-4d71-92c4-291ee7d152a6" width="30%" align="top"/><img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f9d99c71-f9e8-4eb9-b385-ccd27d5f9425" width="28%" align="top"/> - 🪵 moved to proper event-driven task system [huey](https://huey.readthedocs.io/) + [`django-huey-monitor`](https://github.com/boxine/django-huey-monitor) - 🦸‍♂️ integrated [supervisord](ht

> [!WARNING] > *This is an *ALPHA pre-release* that improves upon the previous v0.8.2-rc ALPHA pre-release*. **The next stable release will be v0.9.0.** The `v0.8.x-rc` series of releases are for collecting feedback while we make [big architectural improvements](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1526) to support a new public plugin marketplace + ecosystem. We want brave early adopters to help us test it! (if that's not you, wait for v0.9!) --- ## Highlights  - New Admin action buttons text should make it clearer what the butons do - Adding new URLs / clicking action buttons now runs task in a BG thread instead of running syncronously (and often timing out) - Added ability to click "View on site" from any object in admin to go directly to viewing the content - Switched `archivebox server` from using `runserver` to a proper `daphne` ASGI server - Added HTTP byte range request support (allows you to seek to the middle of a big .mp4 without downloading the whole thing) - Added ability to regenerate AB

> [!WARNING] > *This was a *BETA pre-release* that improved upon the previous v0.8.0-rc ALPHA pre-release*. This one brings us closer to a final v0.8 release and contains several core architectural improvements around how we key things with unique IDs, as well as a ✨ new Snapshot Detail UI ✨. <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4cea8156-f588-481a-8673-61d3f7e43703" height="400px"/>   **Changelog**: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/compare/v0.8.0-rc...v0.8.2-rc

WIP ALPHA pre-release for the upcoming ArchiveBox `v0.8` release. > [!CAUTION] > *This was an ALPHA pre-release*. We were promoting it a little earlier than usual because it contains ✨ lots of big new features ✨ and we want brave early adopters to help us test it! <img height="300" alt="New ArchiveBox REST API" src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/341761e0-6dd3-4d17-bf0f-eaea46b3b0ea" align="top"><img height="300" alt="ArchiveBox Admin Webhooks UI" src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/d985e51c-f6c6-4a99-8f27-6c4c24997474" align="top"><img height="300" alt="ArchiveBox Configuration Admin UI" src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/3af7e7a1-5dc6-4513-9c2e-846eb9a57560" align="top"><img height="300" alt="S3/B2/SMB/NFS/GDrive Remote Storage Setup" src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/c84a0d01-43c9-4afc-9ff8-ed76623fde4c" align="top"> ## Highlights - **[New REST API](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/pull/1397) built with `django-ninja` (thanks @Brandl!)** - **[New ability to send outgoing webhooks](https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/pull/1418) triggered by archiving ev

<img width="300" alt="Web version screenshot" align="right" src="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/assets/511499/ffb2d603-05e4-4481-b568-efa2825ab85f"/> Get this release via `pip`, `docker`, `brew`, or `dpkg` (`apt` & `brew` releases are delayed). ```bash # Get it with Pip on any OS (`amd64`, `arm64`, `arm/v7`) pip install --upgrade 'archivebox==0.7.2'` ``` ```bash # Get it with Docker on any OS (`amd64`, `arm64`, `arm/v7`) docker pull archivebox/archivebox:0.7.2 ``` ```bash # Get it with brew on macOS (`amd64`, `arm64`) brew tap archivebox/archivebox brew install archivebox pip install --upgrade 'archivebox==0.7.2'` ``` ```bash # Get it with apt on Ubuntu/Debian based systems (`any`) wget 'https://github.com/ArchiveBox/debian-archivebox/raw/main/archivebox-0.7.1.deb' apt install ./archivebox-0.7.1.deb # OR dpkg -i ./archivebox-0.7.1.deb # then run pip install after pip install --upgrade 'archivebox==0.7.2'` ``` <sup>Note: this is not packaged using "proper" debian techniques like 0.6.2 was, instead it's just a wrapper for executing `pip install archivebox` w/ a few extras. This is because ArchiveBox relies on some binary and dynamic de

Get this release via `pip`, `docker`, `brew`, or `dpkg` (`apt` `ppa` update delayed). ```bash # Get it with Pip on any OS (`amd64`, `arm64`, `arm/v7`) pip install --upgrade 'archivebox==0.7.1'` ``` ```bash # Get it with Docker on any OS (`amd64`, `arm64`, `arm/v7`) docker pull archivebox/archivebox:0.7.1 ``` ```bash # Get it with brew on macOS (`amd64`, `arm64`) brew tap archivebox/archivebox brew install archivebox ``` ```bash # Get it with apt on Ubuntu/Debian based systems (`any`) wget 'https://github.com/ArchiveBox/debian-archivebox/raw/main/archivebox-0.7.1.deb' apt install ./archivebox-0.7.1.deb # OR dpkg -i ./archivebox-0.7.1.deb ``` ^{Note: this is not packaged using "proper" debian techniques like 0.6.2 was, instead it's just a wrapper for executing `pip install archivebox` w/ a few extras. This is because ArchiveBox relies on some binary and dynamic dependencies (node, chrome, playwright, ffmpeg, yt-dlp, etc.) which aren't allowed in Debian packages.<br/> (Launchpad `apt` `ppa` update coming eventually, packaging for `apt` has gotten harder lately)} --- ```bash # Then run this to upgrade an existing collection data dir to 0