# SingleFile

34 Hacker News commenters recommended SingleFile and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Saves full web pages as one HTML file, including logged-in pages other tools miss. Main caveat: each capture is manual and needs browser access.

## Why people recommend it

- Saves articles and pages for later (4 comments): "If i find any article that i think is interesting i use SingleFile to download a local copy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47482618)) "I have used single-file to download from archive.ph and uploaded it to github" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47482478)) "I have used single-file to download from archive.ph" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47482896))
- Captures logged-in and paywalled pages (3 comments): "this enables archiving pages from my browser that Karakeep cannot scrape and bookmark due to paywalls or bot protection" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45896646)) "It also works with SingleFile to archive logged-in sites." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46534277)) "so it archives what I'm seeing / gets around logins etc" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45904352))
- Free, simple and reliable (4 comments): "Love love love SingleFile too. The FF extension works pretty well for a clean save." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48532239)) "Those I save with SingleFile and attach in LinkDing manually. Simple and works!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746462)) "it's a very elegant solution, and not needlessly overcomplicated" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48532249))
- Works with other archiving tools (2 comments): "Those I save with SingleFile and attach in LinkDing manually. Simple and works!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746462)) "SingleFile can send to self-hosted LinkWarden. So good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746621))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Unhook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unhook.md): 48 recommend
- [Vimium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vimium.md): 29 recommend
- [Sidebery](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sidebery.md): 27 recommend
- [Redirector Firefox extension](https://hackerapproved.com/p/redirector-browser-extension.md): 24 recommend
- [Tree Style Tab](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tree-style-tab.md): 23 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SingleFile", https://hackerapproved.com/p/singlefile/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).