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Save a complete page into a single HTML file

SingleFile is an extension for Chrome, Firefox (Desktop and Mobile), Opera, and Edge that helps you to save a complete page into a single HTML file.

Available on:

Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdV8DBW5b0g

Instructions

  • wait until the page is fully loaded: you may need to scroll down the entire page to be sure all elements are loaded
  • click on the SingleFile button in the extension toolbar to save the page

General notes

  • right-click on the SingleFile button and select "Options"/"Manage extension" to open the options page
  • to save multiple tabs, select them first and click on the SingleFile button
  • use the context menu to save a complete page, selected content or frame content
  • saved files are compatible with all modern browsers without installing any extension
  • SingleFile uses "data URI" scheme to embed resources into the page: the resulting format is not compatible with MHT/MHTML.

More info

See the extension help in options page for more detailed information about options, technical notes and known issues.

Issues

If you find an unknown issue (i.e. frozen process, blank or altered document, tab crash...):

  • check known issues in SingleFile help page
  • reset options in SingleFile options page
  • disable all other extensions to see if there is a conflict
  • if there is a conflict, try to determine against which extension(s)
  • report the issue with a short description describing how to reproduce it, browser version, OS name and version here: https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile/issues

Suggestions are welcome :)

License

SingleFile is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

SingleFile is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with SingleFile. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

SingleFile (c) 2018 Gildas Lormeau