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Wayback Machine (Internet Archive) The largest general web-page archive; arbitrary URLs over time. Web pages / sites API
archive.today (.ph / .is / .md / .li / .vn / .fo) On-demand single-snapshot archiver; flattens dynamic pages, bypasses many paywalls. Web pages / sites API captcha
Common Crawl (CDX index) Petabyte-scale open web crawl with a per-crawl URL capture index. Web pages / sites API
Arquivo.pt (Portuguese Web Archive) Portuguese national archive with full-text search over preserved pages. Web pages / sites API
Library of Congress Web Archives Curated thematic web-archive collections selected by LoC. Web pages / sites API
Perma.cc Citation-grade permanent archiving for legal/academic links (Harvard LIL). Web pages / sites API
Archive-It (Internet Archive) Subscription curated archiving used by 1000+ institutions; cross-collection coverage. Web pages / sites
UK Government Web Archive (The National Archives) Public archive of UK central-government websites since ~2003. Web pages / sites
Vefsafn.is (Icelandic Web Archive) National Library of Iceland archive of .is and Iceland-related sites since 1996. Web pages / sites API captcha
Trove / Australian Web Archive (NLA) NLA web archive (PANDORA + AGWA + .au), searchable via Trove. Web pages / sites
DNB Webarchiv (German National Library) German NL thematic/selective web archive since 2012.
Ghostarchive Small on-demand archiver noted for YouTube/Twitter + general pages. Web pages / sites
Conifer (Rhizome, ex-Webrecorder.io) Hosted high-fidelity interactive web capture.
Webrecorder / Browsertrix Self-hostable/hosted crawler producing WACZ/WARC; the Conifer successor toolchain.
Stanford Web Archive Portal (SWAP) Access portal to Stanford Libraries' web archives (stored via Archive-It).
EU Web Archive (Publications Office) Publications Office archive of EU-institution websites since 2018. IP-blocked
KB Netherlands Web Archive Royal Library of the Netherlands web archive ('Websites van Nederland'). IP-blocked
US NARA Web Harvests (webharvest.gov) US National Archives congressional/presidential web harvests.
Kiwix / Zimit Offline-archive toolchain (ZIM files); library at download.kiwix.org/zim/.
PADICAT (Catalonia) Catalan national web archive.
Croatian Web Archive (HAW) Croatian NL archive of .hr and Croatian content.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Web Archive Egypt's Library of Alexandria — historical IA mirror + regional collections.
Yandex (cache / SERP) Last major search engine still surfacing cached page copies (via SERP). Web full-text captcha
Crossref REST API Authoritative DOI registration metadata (~165M records). Academic papers API
Unpaywall DOI -> best open-access copy locator. API
OpenAlex Open index of ~480M scholarly works/authors/institutions. Academic papers API · key
Semantic Scholar (Academic Graph) AI2 citation graph (~220M papers) with citation context. Academic papers API
DataCite REST API DOI metadata for datasets, software, preprints. Academic papers API
OpenCitations Open citation index (DOI-to-DOI); 2B+ links. API
dblp (CS bibliography) Curated CS publication index (~7M records). Academic papers API
arXiv (export API) Preprint server (physics/math/CS/...); ~2.5M papers. Academic papers API
bioRxiv Biology preprint server (CSHL). Academic papers API captcha
medRxiv Medical preprint server (shares bioRxiv API). Academic papers API captcha
PubMed / PMC (NCBI E-utilities) NIH biomedical index (~37M) + PMC full text. Academic papers API
Europe PMC EMBL-EBI life-sciences literature + full text. Academic papers API
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals + article metadata. Academic papers API
DOAB (Open Access Books) Directory of peer-reviewed open-access academic books. Books API
OpenAIRE Graph EU open-science graph: pubs, datasets, software, funding. Academic papers API
CORE (core.ac.uk) Largest OA aggregator: full-text + metadata from 10k+ repos. API · key
BASE (Bielefeld) OAI-PMH index of 400M+ docs from 12k+ providers. IP-blocked
The Lens Combined scholarly + patent search/analytics.
Dimensions (Digital Science) Linked research DB: pubs, grants, patents, trials, policy.
Scite.ai Smart Citations (supporting/contrasting/mentioning). captcha
Connected Papers Visual similarity graph of related papers.
Open Library Open catalog of books/editions/authors (IA); lending links. Books API
Internet Archive Texts ~40M+ digitized texts/books on archive.org (some lending-gated). Books API
scholar.archive.org / fatcat IA scholarly catalog (fatcat) + full-text search over 25M+ OA papers. Academic papers
HathiTrust ~18M+ digitized volumes; bibliographic API. Books API captcha
Google Books API Volume metadata + previews; broad ISBN/title coverage. Books API
Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) ~75k public-domain ebooks; Gutendex serves the catalog as JSON. Books API
Standard Ebooks Hand-produced public-domain ebooks; OPDS feed. Books IP-blocked
Wikisource Wikimedia free-content library of source texts. Books API
WorldCat / OCLC Largest union library catalog (holdings).
Trove books (NLA) NLA discovery: books, newspapers, images, AU material. API · key
Anna's Archive Meta-search/mirror over LibGen, Sci-Hub, Z-Library + scraped collections. Books captcha
Library Genesis (LibGen) Long-running shadow library of books/textbooks/articles. Books IP-blocked
Sci-Hub Full-text PDFs of paywalled papers by DOI. Academic papers captcha
Z-Library Large shadow ebook/article library; account-gated. captcha
Bluesky public AppView (AT Protocol) Open keyless API for profiles, posts, feeds, search — the cleanest social API in 2026. API
Telegram public preview (t.me/s/) First-party server-rendered HTML preview of any public channel — no app, no login. Social API
Wayback — twitter/x URLs Snapshots of tweet/profile URLs — most reliable deleted-tweet recovery in 2026. Social API
Wayback Tweets (claromes) Tool that queries Wayback CDX for all archived tweets of a handle. Social API
archive.today — X / Facebook On-demand snapshot of X/FB pages the Wayback crawler can't reach. Social API captcha
Wayback — facebook.com Snapshots of public FB pages/posts where crawled. Social API
Wayback — reddit.com Snapshots of Reddit threads/profiles — API-independent, so it survives. Social API
IA Twitter Stream Grab Internet Archive bulk dumps of the old Twitter sample stream (JSON, by month). Social API
PullPush.io Open Pushshift successor: full-text Reddit comment/submission search, no key. Social API
Arctic Shift Reddit data via API + bulk dumps + web UI; better limits than PullPush. Social API
Reddit Data API (official) Official Reddit API; unauth .json works, OAuth for more; commercial contract-gated. API
Desuarchive (4chan archive) FoolFuuka 4chan archive (/a/, /int/, /k/, /tg/, /wsg/…) with JSON API. Social API
Mastodon per-instance API Each Mastodon server exposes a REST API; public reads often keyless. API
Fediverse Observer Directory + uptime monitor of Fediverse/Mastodon instances.
Nitter (xcancel.com et al.) Privacy front-end for X; ecosystem mostly collapsed, a few instances cling on. IP-blocked
Nitter health tracker Live uptime tracker for remaining Nitter instances.
Thread Reader App Unrolls X threads into a readable page; unrolled threads persist after deletion.
Politwoops (ProPublica) Archive of deleted politician tweets; tracking ended, archive browsable.
Telegago (Google CSE) Google Custom Search scoped to public t.me for Telegram OSINT discovery.
TGStat Largest Telegram channel/group catalog + analytics + post search. captcha
Telemetr.io Large Telegram analytics service.
SocialData API Paid X/Twitter data proxy — search, user, tweet endpoints without the official API. API · key
X API v2 (official) Official X API; pay-per-use credit model since 2026-02, free tier killed.
Meta Content Library CrowdTangle successor: public FB/IG content for vetted researchers only. IP-blocked
Reveddit Shows mod/AutoMod-removed content on a user/thread; relied on Pushshift. captcha
redditsearch.io Old Pushshift-backed Reddit search UI.
twstalker / Sotwe (X viewers) Third-party X profile/timeline viewers that scrape and re-display tweets. captcha
Picuki (IG viewer) Anonymous Instagram profile/post/story viewer. captcha
Imginn (IG viewer) Anonymous Instagram post/story viewer and downloader. captcha
AnonyIG (IG story viewer) No-login anonymous Instagram story/highlight viewer (class of many). IP-blocked
Bluesky Firehose / Jetstream Real-time network-wide event stream; Jetstream serves a small JSON version. API
4plebs (4chan archive) Long-running FoolFuuka 4chan archive (/pol/, /x/, /tv/, /adv/…) with JSON API. Social IP-blocked
archived.moe (4chan) Broad multi-board FoolFuuka 4chan archive. captcha
Software Heritage Universal source-code archive ('Library of Alexandria of code'); REST API + content-addressed SWHIDs. Software / packages API
Wikimedia Commons Largest free-media repository (100M+ files); full MediaWiki API. Images API
Openverse Search across 800M+ CC-licensed / public-domain images & audio (WordPress). Images API
Internet Archive (Video) Massive open video archive (films, TV, ephemera) with keyless search/metadata API. Video / audio / music API
Internet Archive (Audio) / Live Music Huge open audio archive incl. Live Music Archive (etree) of legal live recordings. Video / audio / music API
YouTube via Wayback Machine Recover deleted/changed YouTube watch pages (metadata, thumbnails) via Wayback captures. API
Dailymotion Major Western video host with a keyless public Graph API and stable search; the best openly-API'd reupload source in research. Video / audio / music
RuTube Russian video host — ~4% YouTube-reupload overlap in research. Video / audio / music captcha
VK Video VKontakte video — high RU reupload potential, mostly auth-walled. Video / audio / music IP-blocked
Odysee LBRY-based video host — open access, no captcha in research. Video / audio / music
Rumble US video host — blocks datacenter IPs (403 in research). Video / audio / music IP-blocked
BitChute Independent video host with captcha-gated search. Video / audio / music captcha
OK.ru Video Odnoklassniki video — empty body to datacenter IPs in research. Video / audio / music IP-blocked
Bilibili Largest Chinese video host — captcha + geo from outside CN. Video / audio / music captcha
Torrents-CSV Open, self-hostable torrent search backed by a community CSV dataset; JSON API. Torrents API
Academic Torrents BitTorrent sharing of research datasets and academic data (legitimate). Torrents API
The Pirate Bay (apibay) Longest-running general torrent index; apibay.org is its keyless JSON backend. Torrents API
Nyaa Leading anime/East-Asian-media torrent index; RSS acts as a pseudo-API. Torrents API
SauceNAO Source-finder for anime/manga/art (Pixiv, Danbooru…); the de-facto art reverse-search. Images API · key
VirusTotal Aggregated AV/sandbox verdicts + file/URL/domain/hash intelligence. File by hash API · key
MalwareBazaar (abuse.ch) Free repository to search/download malware samples by hash/tag/signature. API · key
URLhaus (abuse.ch) Database of malware-distribution URLs (payload URLs, host/hash lookups). API · key
ThreatFox (abuse.ch) Open IOC-sharing platform (IPs, domains, hashes, URLs tied to malware). API · key
Triage (tria.ge) Automated malware sandbox with public sample search by hash (Recorded Future). API · key
MalShare Community public malware repository; hash search + sample download. API · key
Maltiverse Threat-intel aggregator; lookup IPs/domains/URLs/hashes. API · key
Flickr Large photo-sharing archive with mature REST API. API · key
Imgur Image host; archival value reduced after the 2023 anonymous-content purge. API · key
DeviantArt Large art community/archive with OAuth API. API · key
Freesound Large collaborative database of CC-licensed sound samples/effects. API · key
Yandex Images Best-in-class reverse image search, esp. faces & visually-similar. Images captcha
Google Images / Lens World's largest reverse-image / visual search; Lens does object + text recognition. Images captcha
TinEye Oldest dedicated reverse-image engine; exact/edited copies + earliest occurrence. Images
Bing Visual Search Microsoft's visual/reverse image search. Images
IQDB Multi-service booru reverse-image search (Danbooru, Gelbooru, Zerochan…). Images
ascii2d Japanese reverse-image search (color + bovw hashes); strong on Pixiv/Twitter art. IP-blocked
Karma Decay Reverse-image search scoped to Reddit (prior submissions of an image).
PimEyes Face-recognition reverse search across the open web. captcha
Photobucket Legacy image host; large historical (often hotlink-broken) archive.
Pinterest Visual discovery / pin board image collection. IP-blocked
Google Arts & Culture High-res museum/cultural artworks and exhibits.
Tube Archivarix Archivarix's own deleted-YouTube-video finder: reupload discovery across mirror hosts + archived metadata. Video / audio / music
Filmot Searchable index of YouTube metadata + subtitles, incl. deleted/private videos. Video / audio / music captcha
Ghostarchive (video) On-demand archiver that preserves YouTube/Twitter video and pages. Video / audio / music
ANY.RUN Interactive online malware sandbox with public report feed.
Hybrid Analysis CrowdStrike Falcon Sandbox community portal; submit/search by hash. API · key captcha
VirusShare Invite-only malware sample repository (hash lookup + download). captcha
BTDigg (btdig.com) DHT-crawling torrent search engine (magnet links only). Torrents IP-blocked
SolidTorrents DHT-based torrent/metadata search engine. Torrents IP-blocked
Snowfl Meta torrent search aggregating multiple indexers. IP-blocked
TorrentGalaxy General torrent index/community. IP-blocked
1337x One of the most-trafficked general torrent indexes. Torrents IP-blocked
Bitmagnet (self-host) Self-hosted DHT crawler + torrent indexer (you run it).
GH Archive Hourly archive of the public GitHub event timeline since 2011.
Sourcegraph (public code search) Cross-repository code search over public repositories. Software / packages
ccMixter Community remix site of CC-licensed music, samples, a cappellas.
GifCities (GeoCities GIFs) Search engine over animated GIFs salvaged from GeoCities (rebuilt 2025, semantic). Images API
OoCities Mirror/resurrection of GeoCities pages, browsable by old neighborhood path.
GeoCities.ws GeoCities archive + free retro hosting; browsable mirror. captcha
ReoCities One of the original GeoCities rescue mirrors from the 2009 shutdown.
IA GeoCities Collection IA's dedicated GeoCities crawl (source corpus behind GifCities). API
Cameron's World Curated collage artwork built from GeoCities graphics/GIFs (web-art).
ProtoWeb HTTP proxy serving the 1990s web to vintage browsers from a restored-site cache. captcha
oldweb.today Run emulated vintage browsers against Wayback/Memento archives in-browser.
Marginalia Search Independent crawler/index for the small, old, text-heavy, non-commercial web. Web full-text API
Wiby Search engine for hobbyist/early-web pages; 'surprise me' random old page. Web full-text API
Mojeek UK independent search engine with its own crawler (no Bing/Google backfill).
Stract Open-source, customizable search engine (NLnet-funded).
Million Short Search that removes the top N most-popular sites to surface obscure results. captcha
Teclis Non-commercial 'creative web' search; now Kagi's internal index.
Google Groups Usenet DejaNews-derived Usenet archive back to 1981; frozen/read-only since 2024. Niche text
Usenet Archives Independent free web archive of hundreds of millions of historical Usenet posts.
Narkive Long-running searchable Usenet web archive.
textfiles.com Curated archive of BBS-era text files, zines, phreaking, BBS lists (Jason Scott).
DiscMaster (files inside old discs) Full-text/file search INSIDE millions of vintage files in archive.org disc images. Niche text API
MobyGames Comprehensive cataloged history of video games across all platforms. captcha
IA MS-DOS / Software Library In-browser emulated MS-DOS games + historical software on IA. Software / packages API
My Abandonware Large abandonware database/download for 80s-90s DOS/Win/Amiga/console games. Software / packages
Europeana Aggregator of 50M+ digitized items from European GLAM institutions.
DPLA Aggregates digital items from US libraries/archives/museums.
Smithsonian Open Access Open Access metadata + CC0 media across all Smithsonian museums. captcha
Met Museum API The Met's full collection metadata + open-access images. Cultural heritage API
Rijksmuseum API Dutch national museum collection metadata + high-res images.
Chronicling America (LoC) US historic newspaper pages (1700s-1960s) with OCR full text (LoC). API
crt.sh (Cert Transparency) Queryable search over Certificate Transparency logs (historical certs/subdomains). Web pages / sites
Censys Search Internet-wide host/cert scanning index (Shodan alternative). captcha
Shodan Search engine for internet-connected devices/services with historical banners.
Intelligence X Searches pastes, darkweb, leaks, whois + a 'time machine' of removed data.
Have I Been Pwned (pwned passwords) Index of breached accounts/credentials; Pwned-Passwords range API is keyless. API
Ahmia (Tor index) Clearnet search engine indexing Tor .onion hidden services (abuse-filtered).
APKMirror Archive of historical Android APK versions (signed, verified). Software / packages
F-Droid FOSS Android app repo with full version archive + reproducible builds. Software / packages API
PyPI Python package index with all historical versions + JSON metadata. Software / packages API
npm registry Node package registry with full version history + tarballs. Software / packages API captcha
OldMapsOnline Search portal for georeferenced historical maps across institutions. Cultural heritage captcha
David Rumsey Maps Premier digitized historical map collection (Luna), high-res + georef.
OSM / Overpass Editable world map; Overpass = read-only query API; full history dumps. API
GDELT Global news event/tone monitoring across world media + TV news. API
IA TV News Archive Searchable US/intl TV news since 2009 via closed-caption text (IA). Video / audio / music API
Radio Garden Globe interface to thousands of live radio stations worldwide. API
IA Live Music (etree) Legal taper recordings of live concerts (etree). Video / audio / music API
Zenodo CERN-run general-purpose research data/software repository with DOIs. Datasets
Figshare Repository for datasets, figures, posters, supplementary outputs. Datasets API
Harvard Dataverse Large Dataverse research-data repository. Datasets API
OSF Research project/data collaboration + preprint registry. Datasets API
Hugging Face Datasets Largest hub of ML datasets (and models) with rich metadata. Datasets API
Archive of Our Own Largest fanfiction archive (OTW); no official API by policy. Niche text captcha
FanFiction.Net Veteran fanfiction site (pre-AO3 era); Cloudflare-walled. captcha
Fanlore Wiki documenting fan history, terms, fandoms (OTW); MediaWiki API. captcha
WikiTeam dumps Preserved dumps of 600k+ wikis (Fandom/Wikia, niche MediaWikis) on IA. Niche text API
Discogs Crowdsourced database of music releases/pressings + marketplace. captcha
MusicBrainz Open music encyclopedia; canonical MBIDs for artists/releases. Video / audio / music API
Genius Song lyrics + annotations database.
CourtListener / RECAP Free US case law + PACER docs (RECAP) + oral-argument audio. Cultural heritage API
PatentsView (USPTO) USPTO patent data API/search with disambiguated inventors/assignees.
Google Patents Global patent + non-patent literature search (many offices). Academic papers
Espacenet / EPO OPS EPO worldwide patent search + Open Patent Services REST API. captcha
FamilySearch World's largest free genealogy records archive (LDS Church).
pouet.net (demoscene) Canonical demoscene database: productions, parties, groups since the 90s. API
16colo.rs (ANSI/ASCII art) Archive of ANSI/ASCII artpacks from the BBS artscene since the early 1990s.
ASCII Art Archive Large categorized library of classic single-image ASCII art.
CyberLeninka (КиберЛенинка) Russian open-access scholarly library: full-text journal articles, free to read. Academic papers
НЭБ — National Electronic Library (rusneb.ru) Russia's National Electronic Library: digitized books, periodicals, and dissertations from major Russian libraries.
End of Term Web Archive Snapshots of US federal government websites captured at each presidential term transition since 2008.