14 REPOS FOUND
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retro-crawler

Distributed web crawler optimized for 90s-era infrastructure. Handles frame-based layouts, table structures, and deprecated protocols gracefully.

Rust Crawler v2.4.1
โญ 1.2k ๐Ÿด 84 ๐Ÿ“ฆ MIT
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net-render

Headless browser engine forked to accurately render Netscape Navigator 3.0 and IE4-era CSS/HTML without modern layout corrections.

C++ Renderer v1.8.0
โญ 945 ๐Ÿด 62 ๐Ÿ“ฆ Apache 2.0
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geo-preserve

Specialized scraper for GeoCities, Angelfire, and Tripod archives. Reconstructs deleted directories and recovers guestbook databases.

Python Scraper v3.1.2
โญ 2.1k ๐Ÿด 156 ๐Ÿ“ฆ MIT
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html-90parser

Lenient HTML parser designed to handle non-standard 90s markup: unclosed tags, deprecated attributes, inline styles, and nested tables.

JavaScript Parser v1.0.4
โญ 680 ๐Ÿด 41 ๐Ÿ“ฆ MIT
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webring-scraper

Maps and archives WebRing networks. Reconstructs navigation graphs and preserves community metadata from the late 90s web.

Go Network v2.0.0
โญ 530 ๐Ÿด 38 ๐Ÿ“ฆ GPL v3
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archive-cli

Official command-line interface for querying and downloading snapshots. Supports bulk export, WARC conversion, and metadata filtering.

Rust CLI v4.2.0
โญ 1.5k ๐Ÿด 112 ๐Ÿ“ฆ Apache 2.0

Contribute to the Archive

We welcome pull requests, documentation improvements, and bug reports. Our repos are maintained by a global community of digital archivists, historians, and retro-computing enthusiasts.

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user@archive:~$ git clone https://github.com/1990webarchive/retro-crawler.git
Cloning into 'retro-crawler'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1482, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1482/1482), done.
user@archive:~$ cd retro-crawler && cargo run -- --help
โœ“ Ready to crawl. Historical web preservation initiated.