Internet Archive Alternatives

Internet Archive is described as 'The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, it provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public' and is a very popular Ebook Library in the news & books category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Internet Archive, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best Internet Archive alternative is Z-Library, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Internet Archive are Wayback Machine, Anna’s Archive, Library Genesis and Project Gutenberg.

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Internet Archive alternatives are mainly Ebook Libraries, but if you're looking for Web Archiving Services or Ebook Readers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Ebook Library, Video Streaming and Web Archiving. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Internet Archive.
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  1. Open Culture icon
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    Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Comments about Open Culture as an Alternative to Internet Archive
    Dylan Hooton
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    This site is not good, as it's basically just a blog site and doesn't let me archive sites.

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    • Open Culture is Free and ProprietaryInternet Archive is also Free and Proprietary
  2. ManyBooks.net icon
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    Thousands of free ebooks, pre-formatted for reading on your computer, smartphone, iPod, or e-reading device - ePUB, Kindle, eReader, PDF, Plucker, iSilo, Doc, RTF, Mobipocket, Newton Paperback, and zTXT ebooks ready to go!

    17 ManyBooks.net alternatives

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    • Free
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    Comments about ManyBooks.net as an Alternative to Internet Archive
    Guest
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    This is not a service for archiving and long-term preservation.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • ManyBooks.net is Free and ProprietaryInternet Archive is also Free and Proprietary
  3. The Digital Public Library of America, or DPLA, is a website that collects materials from museums, libraries, etc around the country and links to them, acting as a directory.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  4. arXiv icon
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    arXiv® is a free distribution service and an open archive for scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.

    10 arXiv alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Online
     
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    Comments about arXiv as an Alternative to Internet Archive
    Dylan Hooton
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    This site is not great, since it's just a journal list and won't let me archive sites.

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    • arXiv is Free and ProprietaryInternet Archive is also Free and Proprietary
  5. PreserveTube icon
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    Preservetube is an open-source YouTube archiving tool designed to help preserve and protect online videos from being lost due to censorship, copyright takedowns, or other reasons. Our mission is to make it easy for anyone to download and archive their favorite YouTube videos for...

    7 PreserveTube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  7. OpenLeaf icon
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    Unleash the power of literature with OpenLeaf, your one-stop app for timeless public-domain books. Crafted meticulously using Flutter, OpenLeaf offers a seamless and smooth reading experience.

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8. Perma.cc icon
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    Perma.cc is a service that helps anyone who needs to cite to the web create links to their references that will never break. Perma.cc prevents link rot.

    18 Perma.cc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  9. OAPEN icon
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    OAPEN promotes and supports the transition to open access for academic books by providing open infrastructure services to stakeholders in scholarly communication. We work with publishers to build a quality-controlled collection of open access books and provide services for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  10. WinWorld icon
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    WinWorld is an online museum dedicated to the preservation and sharing of vintage, abandoned, and pre-release software, as well as any and all knowledge associated with such works.

    3 WinWorld alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  11. eBooks.com icon
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    eBooks.com is a leading retailer of ebooks, with a vast range of ebooks from academic, popular and professional publishers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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