install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install wayback

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add wayback

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · wayback · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install wayback

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · wayback · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#wayback

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/wa/wayback/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install wayback

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · wayback · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Archiving tool integrated with various archival services

Project links

Commands and aliases

wayback

history

Project history and usage

Wayback is the main command-line and service program from the Wayback Archiver project. It sits in the web-archiving niche between one-shot SavePageNow tools and larger institutional crawlers: a user gives it URLs, and it coordinates capture, playback, publishing, and storage across archival services.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in June 2020, and the project changelog records its first 0.0.1 release on 2020-07-05. The documentation describes Wayback as an open-source Go application with a modular architecture for single-page and collection archiving.

Over the 2020-2024 changelog, Wayback accumulated integrations beyond a simple Internet Archive submitter. By 2024, the project documented integrations with Internet Archive, archive.today, Telegraph, IPFS, Ghost Archive, multiple chat systems, datastore/playback features, Tor hidden-service support, and Prometheus metrics.

Adoption history

Wayback's adoption is visible mostly in package-manager and self-hosting communities rather than in a standards process. The repository and documentation publish direct release binaries and installer paths, while the batch metadata lists packages in Homebrew, Alpine, Fedora, Nix, and openSUSE.

How it is used

Typical CLI usage is to pass one or more URLs to `wayback`, optionally choosing backends such as `--ia` for Internet Archive, `--is` for archive.today, `--ip` for IPFS, or `--ph` for Telegraph. The same executable can also run as a daemon for Telegram, web, Mastodon, Twitter, Discord, Slack, or IRC workflows.

In package-nerd terms, Wayback is useful when archiving is part of a shell pipeline, bot, release process, OSINT workflow, or preservation job. Its config file doubles as a place for service tokens and backend settings, which is why the upstream CLI documents `./wayback.conf`, `~/wayback.conf`, and `/etc/wayback.conf`.

Why package nerds care

Wayback matters because it wraps several fragile web-preservation endpoints behind a single packaged binary. For users who care about reproducible URLs, dead-link mitigation, and automated citation capture, it provides a Unix-friendly alternative to clicking through web forms.

Timeline

2020-06: GitHub repository created.
2020-07-05: 0.0.1 and 0.0.2 appear in the upstream changelog.
2021: Frequent 0.x releases expand the service and publishing surface.
2023-03-21: 0.19.x releases appear shortly after the public documentation dates.
2024-07-02: 0.20.1 is published as the latest changeloged release.

Related projects

Wayback is related to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, archive.today, Ghost Archive, IPFS, Telegraph, Tor hidden services, and chat-bot integrations used to submit or publish archive results.

Sources

https://docs.wabarc.eu.org/
https://docs.wabarc.eu.org/changelog/
https://docs.wabarc.eu.org/command-line/
https://github.com/wabarc/wayback
input source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ./wayback.conf~/wayback.conf/etc/wayback.conf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ./wayback.conf~/wayback.conf/etc/wayback.conf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`wayback`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04

manager version0.20.1

manager updated2026-07-25

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.20.1

https://github.com/wabarc/wayback

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:wayback
Version	0.20.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wayback
Homepage	https://docs.wabarc.eu.org
Repository	https://github.com/wabarc/wayback
Upstream docs	https://docs.wabarc.eu.org
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/wabarc/wayback/archive/refs/tags/v0.20.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-25T22:40:19+02:00
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	wayback
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

wayback

nix profile install nixpkgs#wayback

normalized package name match
Matched by: Wayback

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wa/wayback/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

apk95%

wayback 0.3-r2

X11 compatibility layer leveraging wlroots and Xwayland

https://wayback.freedesktop.org/

sudo apk add wayback

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wayback
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Wayback

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: wayback from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

wayback-doc 0.3-r2

X11 compatibility layer leveraging wlroots and Xwayland (documentation)

https://wayback.freedesktop.org/

sudo apk add wayback-doc

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wayback
normalized package name match
Matched by: Wayback

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: wayback-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

wayback 0.3-4.fc45

X11 compatibility layer built on wlroots and Xwayland

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayback/wayback

sudo dnf install wayback

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wayback
7 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Wayback

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: wayback from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

wayback 0.3-2.4

Experimental X11 compatibility layer for Wayland

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayback/wayback

sudo zypper install wayback

License: MIT
Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wayback
6 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Wayback

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: wayback from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/wayback.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install wayback with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, zypper