# Monolith | A Data Hoarder To Bundle Any Web Page Into A Single HTML File

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/monolith-a-data-hoarder-to-bundle-any-web-page-into-a-single-html-file/159712>\
**Category:** Tools & Scripts\
**Tags:** tools, programming, data-recovery\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/monolith-a-data-hoarder-to-bundle-any-web-page-into-a-single-html-file/159712 "2020-10-21T12:23:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/monolith-a-data-hoarder-to-bundle-any-web-page-into-a-single-html-file/159712/1 "2020-10-21T12:23:41Z")

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A data hoarder’s dream come true: bundle any web page into a single HTML file. You can finally replace that gazillion of open tabs with a gazillion of .html files stored somewhere on your precious little drive.

Unlike the conventional “Save page as”, `monolith` not only saves the target document, it embeds CSS, image, and JavaScript assets **all at once** , producing a single HTML5 document that is a joy to store and share.

If compared to saving websites with `wget -mpk`, this tool embeds all assets as data URLs and therefore lets browsers render the saved page exactly the way it was on the Internet, even when no network connection is available.

## Installation

#### Via Homebrew (on macOS and GNU/Linux)

```auto
$ brew install monolith

```

#### Using Snapcraft (on GNU/Linux)

```auto
$ snap install monolith

```

#### Using Ports collection (on FreeBSD and TrueOS)

```auto
$ cd /usr/ports/www/monolith/
$ make install clean

```

#### Using pre-built binaries (Windows, ARM-based devices, etc)

Every [release](https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith/releases) contains pre-built binaries for Windows, GNU/Linux, as well as platforms with non-standart CPU architecture.

#### From source

Dependency: `libssl-dev`

```auto
$ git clone https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith.git
$ cd monolith
$ make install

```

#### Using Containers

The guide can be found [here](https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith/blob/master/docs/containers.md)

## Usage

```auto
$ monolith https://lyrics.github.io/db/P/Portishead/Dummy/Roads/ -o portishead-roads-lyrics.html

```

## Options

- `-c`: Ignore styles
- `-f`: Exclude frames
- `-F`: Omit web fonts
- `-i`: Remove images
- `-I`: Isolate the document
- `-j`: Exclude JavaScript
- `-k`: Accept invalid X.509 (TLS) certificates
- `-o`: Write output to file
- `-s`: Be quiet
- `-t`: Adjust network request timeout
- `-u`: Provide custom User-Agent

## HTTPS and HTTP proxies

Please set `https_proxy`, `http_proxy`, and `no_proxy` environment variables.

## Contributing

Please open an issue if something is wrong, that helps make this project better.

## Related projects

- `Monolith Chrome Extension`: [https://github.com/rhysd/monolith-of-web](https://github.com/rhysd/monolith-of-web)
- `Pagesaver`: [https://github.com/distributed-mind/pagesaver](https://github.com/distributed-mind/pagesaver)
- `Personal WayBack Machine`: [https://github.com/popey/pwbm](https://github.com/popey/pwbm)

## License

The Unlicense

Keep in mind that `monolith` is not aware of your browser’s session

## GitHub:

[https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith](https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith)