What file format do I get when I download website code?

A standard .html file containing the raw HTML source code exactly as the origin server returned it. You can open it in any browser, code editor, or text editor.

Is downloading a website's source code legal?

Viewing and saving publicly served HTML is legal in most jurisdictions - your browser does exactly the same thing every time you visit a page. However, the code itself may be copyrighted. You can study it, learn from it, and reference it, but republishing or cloning a site's code without permission can violate copyright and terms of service.

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Download Website Code

Q: Will the downloaded HTML file work offline?

The HTML itself opens without internet. Images, CSS, and JavaScript referenced by absolute URLs will still try to load from their original locations. Relative paths will break. For a fully offline copy, use wget --mirror or HTTrack.

Enter any URL and download its complete HTML source code as a file. Save website code for offline analysis, backup, or reference.

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Overview

What this tool does

Save the raw HTML served by any public web page as a .html file - no browser extensions, no command line, no account.

When you visit a website, your browser silently downloads a document written in HTML (HyperText Markup Language). This markup is the blueprint of the page: every heading, paragraph, link, image reference, script tag, and meta directive is spelled out in plain text before your browser renders it. Being able to capture that markup - exactly as the origin server sent it - is useful in dozens of everyday situations.

The Download Website Code tool fetches any public URL from our servers and hands you the raw HTML response. You get the same bytes a search engine crawler would see on its first visit, before any client-side JavaScript has a chance to modify the DOM. That makes it ideal for SEO work, competitive research, archival snapshots, debugging, and learning.

Because the fetch happens server-side, you sidestep CORS restrictions, cookie walls tied to your session, and region-specific blocks that might affect your local network. The file you download is a faithful copy of what the origin served at the moment you clicked Fetch Code.

Use Cases

When you'd want to download website code

From SEO audits to digital archaeology - here are the most common reasons developers, marketers, and researchers grab a page's source.

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SEO Audits

Export a competitor's page and study their title tags, meta descriptions, canonical URLs, structured data, and hreflang setup - all in a text editor, offline.

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Archival Snapshots

Preserve pages before they change or disappear. Useful for legal evidence, press coverage, research citations, and historical records of online content.

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Offline Learning

Studying web development? Save pages whose markup inspires you, then dissect them in your editor without needing an internet connection or a live server.

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Competitor Research

Capture how competitors structure their landing pages, what schema they use, which third-party scripts they load, and how their markup evolves over time.

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Bug Reports & Forensics

Attach an exact copy of the HTML at the moment something broke. Saves hours of back-and-forth when diagnosing a production issue or reporting a third-party bug.

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Content Migration

Moving hosts or CMSs? Download the current HTML for each key page as a reference so the rebuild preserves markup structure, metadata, and SEO equity.

How it works

Three steps, thirty seconds

No sign-up, no software to install, no technical knowledge required.

Paste a URLEnter any publicly accessible web page address in the box at the top of this page.
We fetch the page server-sideOur servers send an HTTP request to the origin and read the raw HTML response. No JavaScript execution, no rendering - just the bytes.
Download or copyClick Download HTML to save the response as source.html, or Copy to Clipboard to paste it wherever you need it.

What you get in the file

The downloaded file contains the exact HTML document returned by the origin server: the <!DOCTYPE> declaration, <head> with all its meta tags and linked resources, and the complete <body> markup. Inline CSS, inline JavaScript, and all structured data blocks are preserved. External assets (images, separate stylesheets, JS files) are not bundled - the file references them by URL just like the original.

What you won't get

Any content added to the page after load by client-side JavaScript will be missing. If a site uses a framework like React, Vue, Angular, or Svelte to populate its content dynamically, the downloaded HTML will only contain whatever the server rendered initially - often a mostly-empty shell plus a bundle of JavaScript. For those pages, tools that execute JavaScript (like our main source viewer) are more useful.

Alternatives

Download Website Code vs. other methods

How our tool compares with browser save, command-line utilities, and desktop site mirrors.

Method	Best for	Trade-offs
This tool	Quick one-page downloads, mobile/tablet use, bypassing local network blocks	One URL per request; no recursive crawling
Browser "Save As"	Saving a page with images and CSS for offline reading	Captures rendered DOM (post-JavaScript), creates a messy resource folder
`wget` / `curl`	Scripted bulk downloads, recursive mirroring, automation	Command-line only; no built-in analysis or preview
HTTrack / SiteSucker	Full site mirrors for offline browsing	Desktop install required; heavyweight for a single page
Browser DevTools	Inspecting the live, fully rendered DOM	Manual copy-paste; shows rendered state, not original HTML
Wayback Machine	Historical versions of a page	Only archived snapshots; not always current or complete

For most one-off tasks - copying a single competitor's page, grabbing a snapshot before an edit, or inspecting markup on a locked-down office network - this tool is the fastest path. Use wget --mirror or HTTrack when you need an entire site, and use your browser's "Save As" only when you want assets bundled alongside the HTML.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Answers to the most common questions about downloading website source code.

What file format do I get?

A standard .html file containing the raw HTML source code exactly as the origin server returned it. Open it in any browser to render, or in any text editor or IDE (VS Code, Sublime Text, Notepad++) to read the markup.

Does this capture JavaScript-rendered content?

No. You get the pre-JavaScript HTML - the raw response from the server before any client-side rendering. For single-page apps built on React, Vue, or Angular, content inserted after page load won't be in the file.

This is actually what you want for SEO analysis, because search engine crawlers initially see the same thing. If you need the rendered DOM, use our main source viewer or your browser's DevTools.

Can I download pages behind a login?

No. The tool only fetches publicly accessible URLs. Pages that require authentication, session cookies, IP allow-lists, or CSRF tokens can't be downloaded - our server has no way to authenticate on your behalf.

Will the downloaded file work offline?

The HTML will open without internet, but images, stylesheets, and scripts referenced by absolute URLs will still try to load from their original locations. Relative paths (like /images/hero.jpg) will 404. For a fully self-contained offline copy, use wget --mirror --convert-links or HTTrack.

Is it legal to download a website's source code?

Viewing and saving publicly served HTML is legal in most jurisdictions - your browser does exactly the same thing every time you visit a page. The code itself may still be copyrighted, so you can study it, learn from it, and reference it, but republishing or wholesale cloning may violate copyright and the site's terms of service.

How is this different from using wget or curl?

Functionally similar - both fetch and save raw HTML. This tool runs in any browser, needs no installation, works on mobile devices and Chromebooks, and bypasses local firewall or proxy rules that might affect your laptop. wget and curl are better for recursive downloads, scripting, and automated pipelines.

Do you store the URLs or HTML I download?

Responses are cached briefly to improve performance for repeated requests, but we do not retain your search history or tie downloads to your identity. See our privacy policy for details.

Can I download multiple pages at once?

Currently one URL per request. For bulk downloads of an entire site, use wget -r, HTTrack, or SiteSucker. If you need a scripted solution tailored to a specific use case, let us know - we're considering a batch mode.

Are there rate limits?

Yes - to keep the service free for everyone and protect origin servers, we apply reasonable per-IP rate limits. Normal interactive use is never a problem; automated scraping will be throttled.