CLI Website Downloader

Download the complete source code of any website (including all assets) from the command line. No system dependencies required — just Node.js.

Install

npm install -g cli-website-downloader

Or clone and link:

git clone https://github.com/Im-Busy/cli-website-downloader.git
cd cli-website-downloader
npm install
npm link

Usage

website-downloader <url> [options]

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | -o, --output <dir> | Output directory for the zip file (default: current directory) | | -n, --name <name> | Custom name for the output zip file (default: website hostname) | | -d, --depth <n> | Max recursion depth for following links (default: 1) | | --no-recursive | Download only the given page, do not follow links | | --no-zip | Skip zipping, just download the files | | --no-cleanup | Keep the downloaded website folder after zipping | | -v, --version | Show version number | | -h, --help | Show help message |

Examples

# Download a single page + its assets (CSS, images, JS)
website-downloader https://example.com

# Deep crawl up to 3 levels
website-downloader https://example.com -d 3

# Single page only, no linked pages
website-downloader https://example.com --no-recursive

# Custom output directory and name
website-downloader https://example.com -o ./archives -n my-backup

# Download without zipping, keep the raw folder
website-downloader https://example.com --no-zip --no-cleanup

How It Works

Uses website-scraper to recursively download a website and all its assets (CSS, JS, images, fonts, videos). All links are rewritten to relative paths for offline viewing. The result is compressed into a ZIP archive using archiver.

License

MIT