How to Use HTTrack in 9 Simple Steps

Mirror a website to your computer with this simple tool

Last Updated: August 7, 2023 Tested

HTTrack is a free and open source web crawler you can use to download entire websites. By default, HTTrack arranges the downloaded site by the original site's relative link-structure. Once you download a website with HTTrack, you can browse it in your preferred web browser. This wikiHow will teach you how to use HTTrack on Windows or Linux to download a website to your PC.

Steps

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You can download it from https://www.httrack.com . The software is available on both Windows and Linux.
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This will be the name of the folder containing your project. One project can include copies of multiple websites.

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The default path creates a websites directory in your home directory, but you can choose another location if you'd like.
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Select an action. Click the menu at the top, and choose the option that fits what you want to do. The most common options are:
- Chose Download web site(s) to mirror a website with its default options.
- Choose Download website(s) + questions if you want to be prompted about links to download. ^{[1]
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Enter the URL(s) of the websites you want to mirror. If you're downloading multiple websites, place each URL on a separate line.
- You can click Set options… to choose other options, including certain file types to download or skip, recursion preferences, and the address of your proxy server.
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{"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/1\/1d\/Use-HTTrack-Step-8-Version-4.jpg\/v4-460px-Use-HTTrack-Step-8-Version-4.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/1\/1d\/Use-HTTrack-Step-8-Version-4.jpg\/v4-728px-Use-HTTrack-Step-8-Version-4.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":344,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":545,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fair_use\">Fair Use<\/a> (screenshot)<br>\n<\/p><\/div>"}

If you want, you can choose options such as delaying the start of the downloading or disconnecting when finished first.
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HTTrack will now download the websites you entered with your preferred preferences.

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Can I use HTTrack to copy all of the code on a website? Also, can I use this code to develop on my own site?

Ollie Potterton

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It depends. If you're planning to rip the website from a forum or from big websites, those websites depend on scripts located outside of the website, so the code is only compatible with that website. I suppose if it's a small website and doesn't depend on a database, then that might work.

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