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wombat
JavaScript2020–2022
webrecorder / wombat

wombat

Wombat.js client-side rewriting library

3Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
124GitHub stars
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Wombat.js client-side rewriting library

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-06-15 14:27:19 UTC to 2022-05-19 23:06:28 UTC.

012020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJun 20202020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMay 20212021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 2022

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jun 20202020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 20202020-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20202020-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20202020-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20202020-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20202020-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20202020-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20212021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20212021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20212021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20212021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20212021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20212021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20212021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20212021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20212021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20212021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20212021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20222022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20222022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Apr 20222022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20222022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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This archived SPA fails to load due to analytics. I wasn't sure how to best provide a cached version in HTML format, but here is the "Save as PDF": https://github.com/webrecorder/wombat/files/8734666/20220519... edit: Maybe you shouldn't download random PDF's from the internet; here is the text and links: -- Copilot is Closing Hi, I'm Tyler, owner and founding member of Copilot. Copilot was originally built by a team of interns in 2005 at Fog Creek Software in New York City. I was one of those interns. In 2014, Copilot became its own company and relocated, with me, to Denver, Colorado. For the past 8 years, I have been running it independently, providing people all over the world with simple, effective screen sharing. However, this past year, it has become clear that Copilot is no longer providing the level of service that I would like it
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to. After much thought, I have decided it is time to shut Copilot down. The reasons are simple: Technology is changing rapidly, and as an independent software vendor, I am no longer able to keep up with those changes, while maintaining compatibility with the older systems that so frequently need support. The Good News Because user experience is a key factor in closing Copilot down, shutting it down without an alternative was never an option. So I set about trying to find another company who offers similar services to partner with, to continue giving Copilot users a great screen sharing service. To that end, Copilot has chosen HelpDesk by RemotePC¹ to provide future screen sharing services. I've spoken with the team at RemotePC and trialed their software extensively. I'm confident it will meet and exceed your needs. As a bonus, they're offering Copilot users 95% off the first year, meaning that you will get HelpDesk for a full year for just $24.98, with unlimited users and computers. Or, if you just want to kick the tires, you can try it free for 7 days. Sign up here.¹ How It Will Happen Copilot's servers will remain operational until May 1, 2022, and your account will continue to be active until that time. On May 1, all services will cease and all remaining subscriptions will be ended. For those who choose to move to HelpDesk by RemotePC, your account will be canceled automatically when you sign up for a paid account. As always, you can cancel your Copilot account at any time on your account page² or you can email support@copilot.com with any other questions or concerns. Thank You I want to thank everyone who has used Copilot over the years. It's been my privilege to be a part of Copilot from the beginning and to hear how many people it has helped over the years. Truly, thank you. All the best, Tyler ¹ https://www.remotepc.com/rpchd/signup/el/copilot95 ² https://meet.copilot.com/Account/
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I was hoping this tool also solved a problem that comes from saving & reproducing JS-framework-heavy websites. Here's the bug: According the HTML spec, elements like <h2> and <div> cannot be inside <a> tags. But using js you _can_ push <div>s instead of <a>s. (It happens from document.insert-type functions, frameworks like Angular/React allow this) Look at nasa.gov, there's html: <a href="/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-next-spacex-commercial-crew-space-station-launch-0" date="Wed Mar 02 2022 10:35:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)" id="ember196" class="card ubernode cards--card cards--2row cards--2col nodeid-477815 ember-view"><div class="bg-card-canvas" style="background-image: url(/sites/default/files/styles/2x2_cardfeed/public/thumbnails/image/51846702013_a0cc55100a_k.jpeg);"> <!----> <h2 class="headline"> ... </h2>
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</div> </a> After running this through SingleFile you can visually see the changes, but the html changes are: <a href="/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-next-spacex-commercial-crew-space-station-launch-0" date="Wed Mar 02 2022 10:35:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)" id="ember196" class="card ubernode cards--card cards--2row cards--2col nodeid-477815 ember-view"></a> <div class="bg-card-canvas" style="background-image: url(/sites/default/files/styles/2x2_cardfeed/public/thumbnails/image/51846702013_a0cc55100a_k.jpeg);"> <h2 class="headline"> ...</h2> The way that sites like Wayback Machine handle this is by using the web-replay library Wombat https://github.com/webrecorder/wombat that also uses JS to insert those elements. But what the hell! I was working on a similar html-downloading/reproducing tool and this bug really bothers me. I'd either like the HTML reading standard to be updated to accept <div> inside of <a>, or also make that impossible to do via JS.
In SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file

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