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Quickstart

The desktop app depends on Docker already being installed and running on your system. This is a hard dependency as the Desktop app is just a wrapper around the Docker container (for now). (Cross-platform packaging of Python + JS + Chrome + wget + curl and more without Docker is a hard problem)

Yes, it's an Electron app, yes, I'm sorry. Electron is just so easy compared to the alternatives, and I don't have the time to do full native development.

https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/ArchiveBox/electron-archivebox && cd electron-archivebox

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Verify Docker-backed app behavior in a sandbox
npm run smoke-test

# Run the app
npm start

For headless Linux sandboxes, this app has also been verified with:

ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1 xvfb-run -a npm start

Note: If you're using Linux Bash for Windows, see this guide or use node from the command prompt.