Are you looking for an application that allows you to download a website with all its internal elements quickly and easily, but you are tired of those programs full of advertising or payment? Fortunately, it comes to the rescue, as almost always, an open-source application. We are talking about HTTrack, a platform specially developed to offer you this specific solution.

As we said before, HTTrack has been conceived so that you can download all the contents that make an Internet page. It also stands out for the vast amount of configuration options that it offers, among which we can mention some, like the choices of the elements that we want to download, the choice of a maximum size for the files, or a maximum number of simultaneous downloads.

Operation

Indeed, unlike other programs in the same segment, HTTrack has support for practically all types of pages, including dynamic ones, including Javascript, CGI, PHP, ASP, and others. In fact, in its beginnings, this platform had been thought for those who did not have a broadband connection at their disposal, so you can get an idea of how powerful its actions are.

Once you have downloaded, installed, and run HTTrack, you will then be able to download a web page with absolutely all its contents, something we have already said, but when we say all the contents, we mean each of them, from the links to the images they have integrated, something that not everyone can do. We found HTTrack to be one of those few applications that have been designed, conceiving its user as a novice since the guides it offers are excellent in case you haven't used similar software before. If we add that it can adapt to any websites we may be interested in downloading, you won't need any other complementary tool.

In turn, we have noticed that HTTrack allows you not only to download all the elements that make those websites you want to see in detail without the need to be connected to the Internet, but it is also possible to configure its storage. This means you can send the generated documents directly to external storage devices on your PC, a handy option.

On the HTTrack interface, we have already talked a bit in passing, commenting that we have been surprised by the total surveillance over our movements that it performs to prevent us from making mistakes if we are inexperienced. Our feeling is that although the aesthetic aspect is not too careful, we can see substantial work in the intuitive design, which is a highly favorable aspect.

Keep in mind

HTTrack also has a portable version, which you can take stored on a pen drive, and can be run from there without going through this program's constantly irritating installation processes. Of course, some of its primary functions are missing in this case, although it can be an excellent alternative for users who want to run it on several computers simultaneously.

The best

The central positive aspect of HTTrack is related to the fact that it promises to allow you to download complete websites with each of their elements. Indeed, we are dealing with a free platform that allows us to do so—beyond that, having a portable version, being able to store the information directly on an external device, or being able to filter which contents to download and which not seems to us to improve the average experience with this type of software significantly.

The worst

Although we have been mentioned throughout the review, it is evident the effort that the creators of HTTrack have made so that even those with no experience with this type of tool can use it, it is still not a simple program. This is directly related to the kind of tasks it offers, but you have to know that learning to use it will take time beyond the available guides and tutorials.

Evaluation

In conclusion, HTTrack can be an exciting tool for those who want to download a complete web page to observe all its contents later without even needing an Internet connection. If we add that it offers a portable version that makes it especially attractive for those with several computers, it has almost no competition in its segment.