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Re:Monolith – CLI tool for saving complete web pages as a si... by felipefar on Sunday March 24, 2024 @10:43PM (#39812439)
Sorry for the ignorance, but if the forum posts require login to access then you won't be able to use SingleFile, right?

Also, how is the quality of the output generated compared to a .pdf? I'm used to print PDFs from chrome for articles that I want to save, but the layout can become awkward sometimes, and navigation bars can appear several times and hide portions of the text.

I like this feature from chrome, but it's not consistently reliable.

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Re:Monolith – CLI tool for saving complete web pages as a si... by freedomben on Monday March 25, 2024 @12:25AM (#39812852)
If you use the browser extension, then pages requiring login are no problem because you are already logged in.

The output compared to PDF is like night and day. It is high Fidelity versus low Fidelity. At this point now, I only use PDF if for some reason I need it

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Re:Monolith – CLI tool for saving complete web pages as a si... by tfsh on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:51AM (#39815121)
SingleFile operates in the context of your browser, so it scrapes files with your cookie jar meaning you will be authenticated and specifically it'll scrape files as you see them.

In most cases SingleFile outputs looks identical to the real thing. Though I generally only use it on simpler sites such as recipes and technical blogs.

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