Wayback Machine Google Chrome Extension

In cooperation with Google Summer of Code, The Internet Archive presents The Official WayBack Machine Extension. With the power of the WayBack Machine, we let you go in time to see how a URL has changed and evolved through the history of the Web!

Features

  • Save Page Now: Allows you to instantly save the page you are currently viewing in The WayBack Machine.
  • Recent Version & First Version: Presents the most recent, and the first version of a page, in the WayBack Machine.
  • Alexa & Whois: gives analytical information about the page you are currently viewing, along with interesting facts, such as who owns it and how popular it is.
  • Tweets: Searches Twitter For information Regarding your current page.
  • Sitemap: Presents a sunburst diagram for the domain you are currently viewing.

Developing

This is a "WebExtension". See https://developer.chrome.com/extensions

Places to update the version

  • manifest.json - update version
  • scripts/background.js - update header

License

Copyright Internet Archive, 2017 AGPL-3

Credits

  • Richard Caceres, @rchrd2
  • Mark Graham, @markjohngraham
  • Benjamin Mandel, @BenjaminMandel
  • Kumar Yogesh, @kumarjyogesh
  • Abhishek Das, @abhidas
  • Vangelis Banos, @vbanos
  • Rodden Kerry, @kerryrodden