Do-it-yourself web archiving

Tools and resources to create a web archive

Conifer
Conifer is a free (up to 5 GB) platform for creating and hosting web archives, maintained by Rhizome.

Webrecorder
Webrecorder is a suite of free open-source community-owned tools for creating and replaying web archives. Archiveweb.page allows users to capture web content and replayweb.page allows users to replay captured content.

Save Page Now - Archive.org
The “Save Page Now” feature allows users to instantly add a web page to Archive.org and create a permanent WayBack Machine URL.

Awesome Web Archiving - International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC)
Awesome Web Archiving is a curated list of tools and training resources to get started with web archiving, maintained by the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC).

Archiving your website - Artexte
Artexte has developed a one-page guide to creating a web archive using Conifer.

Training materials - International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC)
This free resource created by the IIPC provides a complete beginner's level training course in web archiving.

Spectrum Guidelines: File format recommendations by content type
These guidelines are intended for researchers depositing materials to Spectrum, Concordia University's open access research repository, and include recommendations for the preservation of web-based research output.

Resources for creating preservable websites

Guides for digital scholars and web developers

Requirements and best practices for web preservation - Library and Archives Canada
This guide recommends best practices when designing web resources to maximize the ability of web archiving tools to acquire and preserve them.

Creating Preservable Websites - Library of Congress
This guide recommends best practices to keep in mind when designing websites, to help ensure successful preservation of your websites by any archiving institution.

Digital Preservation: Best Web Development Practices – City University of New York
This guide recommends development practices to ensure the ability of web crawlers to best capture your website.

The Endings Project: Building Sustainable Digital Humanities Projects
The Endings Project has created a set of implementable principles to ensure the longevity of web-based research projects.

Guidelines for Preserving New Forms of Scholarship – New York University
These recommendations guide publishers to create web-based publications that are more likely to be preservable.

GO:DH Minimal Computing Group
This group provides a space for generating and sharing discussion and resources exploring the practice and impact of minimal computing in the context of digital humanities.

ArchiveReady
ArchiveReady is a free online tool for testing the preservability of your website.