[GH-ISSUE #789] SAVE_ARCHIVE_DOT_ORG=True by default, not mentioned early in the description of the software #3522

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opened 2026-03-14 23:21:38 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

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Originally created by @mdarnold1 on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/789

Thanks for writing this software.

However isn't the typical use case of this software for personal archives, not public ones (which can be achieved through other tools)?

As someone who's just started using this "self-hosting" software I would expect that this option is off by default, and the possibility that it can send data elsewhere would be mentioned prominently (i.e. near the top of the description).

Originally created by @mdarnold1 on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/789 Thanks for writing this software. However isn't the typical use case of this software for personal archives, not public ones (which can be achieved through other tools)? As someone who's just started using this "self-hosting" software I would expect that this option is off by default, and the possibility that it can send data elsewhere would be mentioned prominently (i.e. near the top of the description).

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kerem commented

2026-03-14 23:21:49 +03:00

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021):

Please see this thread here for an explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26859845

As mentioned in the thread, instructions on how to set SAVE_ARCHIVE_DOT_ORG=False are in the README in 3 places, most notably here, where it has an entire section: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox#archiving-private-content

@pirate commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021): Please see this thread here for an explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26859845 As mentioned in the thread, instructions on how to set `SAVE_ARCHIVE_DOT_ORG=False` are in the README in 3 places, most notably here, where it has an entire section: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox#archiving-private-content

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