Save an entire web page — images, CSS, fonts, frames — as a single HTML file - getsinglefile.com
· 1 month ago
Buy it if you want a free, reliable way to snapshot web pages as single offline HTML files. Skip it if you need to crawl linked pages, archive large complex sites, or get vendor support.
Confidence
Medium. Based on 9 usable public sources; many search results were irrelevant noise. No pricing page exists — product is open source and free.
Ratings
Value for money
Ease of use
Feature depth
Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
Security posture
Pricing
Free
SingleFile (open source)
ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Best for
→Personal web archiving
→Researchers preserving sources
→Data hoarders
→Docs authors embedding site snapshots
Not for
×Bulk archiving whole sites with linked pages
×Large, complex, JS-heavy webpages
×Teams wanting a hosted, supported archiving service
Large dynamic pages produce bloated, inefficient files.
medium
You save pages one at a time; linked subpages are not crawled.
medium
No security documentation page exists — expect no enterprise assurances.
low
It's free and open source — no paid support; issues go through GitHub.
Pros and cons
Pros
+Saves complete pages — CSS, images, fonts, frames — into one HTML file
+Free and open source with 22,488 GitHub stars
+Works as a browser extension and a CLI tool
+Trusted enough that archivists pair it with ArchiveBox and Wayback
+Long-standing; users embedded snapshots in guided walkthroughs for years
Cons
−Horribly inefficient on larger, more complex webpages
−Only snapshots the page itself; doesn't capture linked content
−Its own security page is a 404 — no documented security info
−Cybercriminals have used it to clone login pages for phishing
Sources & method
- 9 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
official x4review x4security x1
Abused in phishing campaigns (2019), Trend Micro documented cybercriminals using SingleFile to copy legitimate login pages as part of a phishing campaign. This is tool misuse, not a vulnerability in SingleFile.
Key stats
Value for money: 5/5
Rating
Free
Starting price
9
Sources
Analyzed
Value for money: 5/5. Free, open source, no paid tiers
Feature depth: 3/5. Strong single-page capture; weak on complex pages
Support quality. No support evidence in sources
Security posture: 4/5. No known CVEs; phishers abused the tool
22,488 GitHub stars gildas-lormeau/SingleFile
Free Price Open-source extension and CLI
Yes Free tier The whole product is free
Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari Browsers Plus a CLI tool
Pricing
SingleFile (open source)
Free
Browser extension: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari
Command-line CLI version
Community support via GitHub
Security
No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Abused in phishing campaigns (2019)Trend Micro documented cybercriminals using SingleFile to copy legitimate login pages as part of a phishing campaign. This is tool misuse, not a vulnerability in SingleFile.⁹
What users say
Archivists and hobbyists praise SingleFile for clean single-file snapshots but report it bogs down on large, complex pages and won't grab linked content.
“SingleFile is good if you want to deal with static webpages. But is horribly inefficient when you're dealing with larger, more complex webpages.”
Feature depth: 3/5. Strong single-page capture; weak on complex pages
Security posture: 4/5. No known CVEs; phishers abused the tool
Security notes
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Abused in phishing campaigns (2019). Trend Micro documented cybercriminals using SingleFile to copy legitimate login pages as part of a phishing campaign. This is tool misuse, not a vulnerability in SingleFile.9
What to use instead
ArchiveBox: Self-hosted archiver that handles whole sites and linked content. https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox
Linkding: Bookmark manager that can store SingleFile snapshots per page. https://github.com/Sissel/linkding
Sources
1.SingleFile – Effortlessly Save and Preserve Web Pages https://www.getsinglefile.com/
2.gildas-lormeau/SingleFile on GitHub https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/singlefile
3.SingleFile - Chrome Web Store https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/singlefile/mpiodijhokgodhhofbcjdecpffjipkle
4.SingleFile for Safari - App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/singlefile-for-safari/id6444322545
5.SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file (HN) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30527999
6.ArchiveBox, Wayback or something else? (Reddit) https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1tc3wfw/archivebox_wayback_or_something_else/
7.Another question on saving webpages (Reddit) https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1rsh8qc/another_question_on_saving_webpages_but_also_want/
8.Saving webpages but also want all linked content (Reddit) https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome_extensions/comments/1rsha47/saving_webpages_but_also_want_all_linked_content/
9.Phishing Attack Uses SingleFile in Malicious Log-ins (Trend Micro) https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/19/d/phishing-attack-uses-browser-extension-tool-singlefile-to-obfuscate-malicious-log-in-pages.html
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