What is Social Archiver?

Social Archiver is a cross-platform archiving service with clients for web, mobile, Chrome, and Obsidian. Save social media posts, web pages, newsletters, podcasts, and other supported sources to your private archive library, then browse, organize, sync, or share them from the client that fits your workflow.

The Problem

Social media platforms are ephemeral. Posts disappear, accounts get deleted, platforms shut down. Valuable content you care about can vanish overnight.

The Solution

Social Archiver gives you a permanent, searchable archive library for online content:

• Clean Archive Format: Structured, readable archives with Markdown output in the Obsidian client
• Media Preservation: Preserves images and videos where supported
• Profile Crawling: Bulk-archive recent posts from any creator's profile
• Subscriptions: Automatically archive new posts from creators you follow
• Timeline Feed: Browse all your archives in a filterable, searchable timeline view
• Web Sharing: Share your archived posts to the web with public timelines
• AI Comments: Add AI-powered analysis using local CLI tools—summaries, fact-checks, glossaries, and more
• Rich Metadata: Timestamps, platform information, link preview cards, and other structured fields
• Cross-Device Sync: Keep the archive library, inbox/archive state, tags, highlights, notes, shares, and deletes in sync across supported web, mobile, browser, and Obsidian clients
• Mobile Integrations: Send completed mobile archives to Notion, Reader, and Karakeep
• Mobile App: Standalone iOS and Android apps with share extensions for quick archiving and offline browsing
• Chrome Extension: Archive the current page, right-click URLs, clip web pages with an editor, and import Instagram saved posts
• Web App: Browse, archive, organize, and share from social-archive.org

Supported Platforms

Archive, crawl, or subscribe across 21 supported platforms and sources: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, YouTube, Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Threads, Naver Blog, Naver Cafe, Brunch, Naver Webtoon, podcasts, Substack, Medium, Tumblr, Velog, and generic RSS blogs. Exact capabilities vary by platform; some sources are RSS/subscription-only.

Key Features

Archiving Process

When you archive a post, it appears in your archive library while the full content downloads in the background. In the Obsidian client, that archive can also be written as a Markdown note in your vault. You'll get live updates as it processes, and it automatically tries again if something fails (up to 3 times). Choose how much to save: just text, text with images, or everything including videos. Any links mentioned in posts get their previews automatically added.

Profile Crawling & Subscriptions

Go beyond single posts—archive entire profiles at once. Enter a creator's profile URL to bulk-archive their recent posts with customizable time ranges and post counts. Enable subscriptions to automatically archive new posts daily, with smart deduplication that skips content you've already saved.

Timeline View

See all your saved posts in one scrollable feed. Switch to Media Gallery mode for a Pinterest-style layout showing all images and videos from your archives. Filter by platform, search for keywords, or browse by date. You can also write and publish your own posts right from the timeline, complete with images and optional web sharing.

Web Sharing

Share your archived posts to the web with your personal public timeline. Choose between two sharing modes: Preview mode (copyright-safe with text excerpts and platform links, no media) or Full mode (complete original content). Each shared post gets its own permanent URL, and your username provides access to all your public posts in a real-time timeline that updates automatically.

AI Comments

Add AI-powered analysis to any archived post using local CLI tools like Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or Codex. Generate summaries, fact-checks with sources, sentiment analysis, glossaries for technical terms, and, in the Obsidian client, related-note suggestions from your vault. All processing happens locally on your device for complete privacy.

Mobile App

Social Archiver is available as a standalone mobile app for iOS and Android. Use it on its own for quick mobile archiving and reading, or enable sync with your other Social Archiver clients, including Obsidian. See the Mobile App page for details.

Chrome Extension

Install the Chrome extension to archive supported URLs from the browser, clip generic web pages into editable Markdown, and optionally create share links automatically. See the Chrome Extension page for details.

Web App

The web app at social-archive.org lets you use Social Archiver directly from a browser: browse private archives after signing in, archive URLs, manage inbox/archive state, tags, stars, notes, and public sharing, and view public timelines at social-archive.org/{username}. See the Web App and Sharing pages for details.

Mobile Integrations

The mobile app can send completed archives to Notion, Reader, and Karakeep. See Mobile Integrations for connection steps and settings.

Getting Started

Ready to start archiving? Head to the Getting Started Guide.

Pro Tip

Start with text-only mode to test, then enable media downloads once you're comfortable.