About OpenWayback

OpenWayback was the Java-based replay engine maintained by the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) and partner institutions. It powered the Wayback Machine experience for many archives worldwide.

Status: OpenWayback is no longer under active development. IIPC recommends migrating to pywb, which offers higher fidelity replay and an actively maintained codebase. See the pywb transition guide.

Key features

• Replay archived web content using the classic Wayback interface
• Support for ARC/WARC collections
• Configurable access points (proxy mode, Memento endpoints, custom replay UIs)
• Extensible Spring-based configuration and WAR overlay support

Maintainers & community

• Project maintainers: Daniel Weitzner, Gordon Mohr, and contributors from IIPC member organisations
• Governance: International Internet Preservation Consortium
• Source: github.com/iipc/openwayback

Migrating forward

• pywb transition guide
• IIPC announcement