# Download an entire website > Download an entire website for offline viewing with HTTrack, SiteSucker or one wget command, see what copies badly and why, and save single pages instead. Canonical page: https://sitepeel.dev/guides/download-entire-website/ To download an entire website, use a site copier: HTTrack on Windows or Linux, SiteSucker on a Mac, or wget on any computer. Give it the address and it follows the links, saving each page with its images and styles for offline use. For a single page, Website to HTML or Save page as is quicker. Published: 2026-11-04 Tool used in this guide: [Website cloner](https://sitepeel.dev/website-cloner/index.md) Free website tool for this task: [Website to HTML](https://sitepeel.dev/free-tools/website-to-html/index.md) (https://sitepeel.dev/free-tools/website-to-html/) ## In short - Site copiers follow links and save every page with its files - HTTrack and SiteSucker are apps; wget runs from the command line - Sites built by scripts, or behind a login, often copy badly - Go slowly, and only copy what you are allowed to keep ## How to use it 1. **Pick a site copier** HTTrack for Windows and Linux, SiteSucker for a Mac, or wget on any computer. 2. **Enter the address** Start from the site’s top page, or a section like /docs/ to copy only that part. 3. **Set limits** Limit the depth and stay on the same domain, so it doesn’t wander across the web. 4. **Open the copy** When it finishes, open index.html in the saved folder and click through the pages. ## Tools that download a whole website Site copiers and one-page tools | Tool | Runs on | Good to know | | --- | --- | --- | | HTTrack | Windows and Linux | Free and open source, with a step-by-step window | | SiteSucker | Mac, iPhone and iPad | An App Store app: paste the address and press Download | | wget | Windows, Mac and Linux | A free command-line tool: one command copies a site | | Cyotek WebCopy | Windows | Free, with rules for what to copy and skip | | Website to HTML | Any browser | One page at a time, saved after it renders, in a ZIP | - [HTTrack alternatives compared](https://sitepeel.dev/compare/httrack-alternatives/index.md) ## Copy a website with wget This command copies a site for offline use. It follows links inside the folder, fetches each page’s images and styles, and rewrites the links so they work on your computer. - `--mirror` keeps following links until it has the whole site. - `--wait=1` waits a second between files, so you don’t overload the site. - On a Mac, install wget with `brew install wget`; on Windows, use WSL or a Windows build. Example: mirror.sh ``` wget --mirror --convert-links --adjust-extension --page-requisites --no-parent --wait=1 https://example.com/ ``` ## What a site copier can’t copy - Pages built by JavaScript: copiers save the HTML the server sends, which can be an empty shell. - Pages behind a login, search results and forms that need the server. - Videos played from YouTube, Vimeo and other embedded players. - Endless pages, like calendars or filters, which can make the copy never finish: set a depth limit. - Server code and databases, which never leave the server. Tip: For a page built by scripts, save it with Website to HTML: it waits for the page to render. ## Download one page instead - Press Ctrl+S (Cmd+S on a Mac) and choose Webpage, Complete. - Paste the link into Website to HTML for the rendered HTML, CSS and images in one ZIP. - Need only the files? The free asset extractor lists every image, video and font on the page. - [Download a single web page](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/download-web-page/index.md) - [Download a page’s HTML](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/download-html-from-website/index.md) ## Is it legal to download a website? Keeping an offline copy to read or study is usually fine. Republishing the content, or crawling so fast that the site slows down, isn’t. Check the site’s terms, respect its robots.txt and ask the owner before you copy a lot. ## Questions and answers ### How do I download an entire website for offline viewing? Use a site copier such as HTTrack, SiteSucker or wget. Give it the site’s address; it follows the links and saves each page with its images and styles. Then open index.html in the saved folder. ### Can I download a whole website in Chrome? Chrome saves one page at a time with Save page as. For a whole site, use a site copier like HTTrack or wget, or save each page you need. ### Why does my downloaded website look broken? The site likely builds its pages with JavaScript or loads files from other domains, and copiers save the HTML the server sends. Save those pages with a tool that renders them first, like Website to HTML. ### How do I download all files from a website? For one page, a free asset extractor lists every image, video and font and saves them in one ZIP. For a whole site, run wget with --recursive and --accept plus the file types you want, like pdf or jpg. ### Is it legal to download an entire website? An offline copy for your own reading is usually fine. Republishing it, or crawling so fast it slows the site, isn’t. Check the terms and robots.txt, and ask the owner. ## Further reading - [HTTrack Website Copier](https://www.httrack.com/) - [GNU Wget manual](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html) - [SiteSucker](https://ricks-apps.com/osx/sitesucker/) - [Cyotek WebCopy](https://www.cyotek.com/cyotek-webcopy) ## Related pages - [HTTrack alternatives](https://sitepeel.dev/compare/httrack-alternatives/index.md): HTTrack alternatives, checked October 2026: SiteSucker for Mac, Cyotek WebCopy, wget, SaveWeb2ZIP and Sitepeel for JavaScript pages, with prices and platforms. - [Download HTML from a website](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/download-html-from-website/index.md): Download a website’s HTML: save the page, view its source, copy the rendered HTML from DevTools, or get HTML, CSS and images in one ZIP. What you can’t get. - [Download a web page](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/download-web-page/index.md): Download a web page to read offline: Webpage, Complete, a single .mhtml file, a PDF or a phone’s offline copy, and why some saved pages look broken. - [Clone a website](https://sitepeel.dev/guides/how-to-clone-a-website/index.md): Clone a website page as HTML and CSS: load it fully, export it with the Clone page tool in Sitepeel, then check what you still need to rebuild.