Questions people actually ask

What does CopyAnySite actually copy?

The browser-rendered state of a page: the DOM after scripts have run, the computed styles that apply to it, the fonts, images, background images, SVG sprites, video posters and media it renders. That is what makes a copy look identical offline. It does not and cannot copy the server behind the page — databases, APIs, server-rendered logic, or anything behind a login you do not have.

How close is a copy to the original?

On our own reproducible benchmark (npm run bench:rivals, 8 sites, 3 runs, every copy rendered with the original server unreachable) CopyAnySite averages 98.87% pixel fidelity, ahead of SingleFile at 87.93%, wget at 87.40% and monolith at 83.44%. On simple pages like Hacker News several tools reach 100% and nobody wins; the gap opens on animation-heavy and theme-built sites.

Is it legal to copy a website?

Loading a public page in your browser is legal; what you then do with the copy is the question. Private study, archiving, debugging and rebuilding your own site are ordinary uses. Republishing someone else’s text, images, fonts or design as your own is copyright and possibly trademark infringement. We wrote a full guide on where the line sits — and we are not your lawyers.

Do I need an account or a card?

A free key needs no card. It is issued instantly and has monthly page and site limits. The lifetime licence removes them and is a one-time payment whose price steps automatically as licences are issued.

Why is it not on the Chrome Web Store?

It is distributed as a self-hosted MV3 build you install unpacked, which keeps releases in our hands rather than in a review queue. The download page walks through it; the extension checks our release API and tells you when a new build exists, because unpacked extensions get no auto-update.

Does my captured content go to your servers?

No. Capture happens entirely in your browser and exports are written to your machine. The control plane sees licence checks and, if telemetry is on, hostnames and counts — never URLs or page content. Storing what you capture would make us a liability to you.

Can it copy a site behind a login?

It captures what your browser is showing, so a page you are legitimately logged into can be captured. It does not defeat authentication, bypass paywalls or crack DRM, and it will not do so.

Can it copy a whole site, not just one page?

Yes — it crawls within the origin you point it at, respecting a page budget and a per-host rate limit, and exports the set as a linked bundle. It follows links on the site you asked for; it does not wander off to unrelated domains.

What can I export?

A standalone HTML file, a ZIP bundle of the page or crawl, an editable WordPress page (core Gutenberg blocks plus scoped CSS, via a companion plugin), and an AI dev kit — a structured bundle plus a spec file a coding agent like Cursor, Bolt, Lovable or Claude can build from.

Does the WordPress export need a plugin?

For one-click import, yes: a small companion plugin exposes a REST endpoint and registers the section block. Without it you can still paste the block markup into the editor by hand — our free HTML to Gutenberg converter does the same conversion for arbitrary HTML.

Will a copy still work when the original site goes away?

That is the test we score against: every benchmark copy is rendered with the original origin blocked at the network level. If a "copy" only looks right while the original is still serving assets, it is a bookmark, not a copy.

How do I report a problem or ask for a feature?

Use the contact form — it goes straight to the support inbox and is read by a person. Bugs with a URL attached get fixed fastest, because our fidelity work is driven by real pages that broke.

Still not answered

Ask us directly — the contact form reaches the support inbox. Deeper reading: the guides, the measured comparisons, and the alternatives, including the cases where another tool is the better answer.