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| [https://archive.moe/c/search/order/asc/ 2012-04-02] | | [https://archive.moe/c/search/order/asc/ 2012-04-02] | ||
| '''archive.moe''' <- foolz.us <- | | '''archive.moe''' <- foolz.us <- thedarkcave.org | ||
| {{Yes}} | | {{Yes}} | ||
| ??? | | ??? | ||
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| '''/int/''' - International | | '''/int/''' - International | ||
| [https://archive.moe/int/search/order/asc/ 2013-01-08] | | [https://archive.moe/int/search/order/asc/ 2013-01-08] | ||
| '''archive.moe''' <- foolz.us | | '''archive.moe''' <- foolz.us <- thedarkcave.org | ||
| style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" | Some Restored | | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" | Some Restored | ||
| ??? | | ??? | ||
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| '''/po/''' - Papercraft and Origami | | '''/po/''' - Papercraft and Origami | ||
| [https://archive.moe/po/search/order/asc/ 2010-10-20] | | [https://archive.moe/po/search/order/asc/ 2010-10-20] | ||
| '''archive.moe''' <- foolz.us <- | | '''archive.moe''' <- foolz.us <- thedarkcave.org | ||
| {{Yes}} | | {{Yes}} | ||
| {{Yes}}, All | | {{Yes}}, All | ||
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140816124831/https://archive.foolz.us/ Foolz.us - Final Snapshot before Shutdown] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140816124831/https://archive.foolz.us/ Foolz.us - Final Snapshot before Shutdown] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140214074227/http://archive.thedarkcave.org/ Wayback Machine - The Dark Cave] | |||
* [https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon/wiki/4chan-History-Timeline#dates-of-board-additions Bibliotheca Anonoma - Board Addition Dates] | * [https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon/wiki/4chan-History-Timeline#dates-of-board-additions Bibliotheca Anonoma - Board Addition Dates] | ||
* [http://archive.easymodo.net/ Source: Easymodo Info Page] | * [http://archive.easymodo.net/ Source: Easymodo Info Page] |
Revision as of 17:20, 11 February 2015
4chan | |
Content is not officially archived, but some sites take up the effort. However, those very sites are often themselves in danger of collapse. | |
URL | 4chan.org |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Special case |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
4chan is said to be one of the most significant and "interesting" websites in existence. It has a unique anonymous imageboard posting system, and has a disproportionate influence on English-language internet culture.
The website eventually deletes threads after they reach a bump limit. However, numerous archive sites and wikis have taken up the task of saving threads and images. Numerous others have fallen. We need to keep watch on these fragile, community supported archives, since they can easily collapse without warning.
Scripts
Some scripts you can use to archive 4chan threads yourself.
- BASC Archiver - Python-based 4chan Thread Archiver for Windows/Mac OS X/Linux. Archives everything: Images, Thumbnails, Thread HTML, JSON, etc.
- FoolFuuka - Make your own 4chan board archiver website. Fuuka will grab every single thread from 4chan and save it for later public access.
Current Projects
Update: As of 04-08-2014, Moot is retiring the Filesharing search board (/rs/) and the Discussion boards (dis.4chan.org). The Discussion boards are being hidden from the main site, but kept in a read-only state; this could be a good Warrior/Wget side project.
- dis.4chan.org - 4chan's 2ch-style text boards. All posts from the beginning of the forum's existence are archived, unlike most of 4chan. Therefore, it gives a rare historic snapshot of 4chan's past.
- New posts can no longer be made, but the existing threads are still available. It is probably prudent to start slurping them down with wget; 4chan generally isn't archived on the Internet Archive.
- /rs/ - 4chan's filesharing link search board. All filesharing links ever posted to any 4chan board have been recorded here.
- Not sure if it is still available... Seems to be down with no archives ever made. Could have a few snapshots on the Internet Archive.
Fuuka-based Archivers
Fuuka is a special imageboard backend that allows servers to archive entire boards on 4chan. It was invented by Anonymous of Russia (aka Andrey Osenenko) and eksopl, and it's first attested use was in the Green-Oval.net archive.
FoolFuuka is a significantly improved fork of Fuuka, (still being) developed by the Foolz Scanlation Team: with a better theme, better design, performance optimization, post-thread comments or even a fully functional imageboard, It is used by Archive.moe, and various others.
It would be a good idea to persuade these archivers to upload database dumps to the Internet Archive, just in the very likely case that some disaster befalls them.
Boards not currently archived via Fuuka
- /sp/ - Sports (due to a troublesome CP spammer during the April Uprising)
- Archive.moe abandoned the archival effort, but uploaded it's contents to the Internet Archive for someone else to continue.
- Someone needs to take over soon. We're already missing the Superb Owl threads.
- /j/ - Janitor Team (staff board; not publicly acknowledged, obviously not archivable)
Archive.moe
Archive.moe | |
URL | archive.moe |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Archive.moe is the successor to Archive.Foolz.us, after the scanlation group decided to spin off their 4chan archival branch.
It inherited /a/, /biz/, /c/, /diy/, /gd/, /jp/, /m/, /out/, /po/, /q/, /sci/, /tg/, /tv/ (via 4plebs), /vg/, /vp/, /vr/, and /wsg/ from Foolz. They also assumed the boards formerly archived by The Dark Cave, InstallGentoo (/g/, /diy/, /sci/), and Deniable Plausibility.
Due to space constraints, Archive.moe tends to shed image dumps on a schedule. However, they always provide backups before they do this, so make sure to upload them to the Internet Archive.
Board | Date of Oldest Thread | Pedigree | Thumbnails | Oldest Full Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
/a/ - Animu & Mango | 2008-02-03 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net <- green-oval.net | Yes, Restored | ??? |
/biz/ - Business and Finance | 2014-02-13 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us | Yes | Yes, All |
/c/ - Cute Animu | 2012-04-02 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- thedarkcave.org | Yes | ??? |
/co/ - Comics and Cartoons | 2012-05-21 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- (???) | Yes | ??? |
/diy/ - Do It Yourself | 2011-10-23 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- installgentoo.net | Yes | ??? |
/g/ - Technology | 2010-02-07 | rbt.asia & archive.moe <- installgentoo.net <- green-oval.net | rbt.asia preferred | No |
/gd/ - Graphic Design | 2013-03-18 | archive.moe <- foolz.us | Lost before 2014 | ??? |
/h/ Hentai | 2012-01-25 | archive.moe <- (???) | Lost before 2014 | ??? |
/i/ - Oekaki | 2011-11-05 | archive.moe <- (???) | Yes | Yes, All |
/int/ - International | 2013-01-08 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- thedarkcave.org | Some Restored | ??? |
/jp/ - Otaku Culture | 2008-02-20 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net | Yes | ??? |
/k/ - Weapons | 2012-07-13 | archive.moe <- heinessen.com | Yes | ??? |
/m/ - Mecha | 2009-03-27 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net | Some Restored | ??? |
/mlp/ - Pony | 2012-03-27 (from birth) | archive.moe <- heinessen.com | Yes | Internet Archive |
/out/ - Outdoors | 2013-03-18 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us | Yes | ??? |
/po/ - Papercraft and Origami | 2010-10-20 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- thedarkcave.org | Yes | Yes, All |
/q/ - 4chan Feedback | 2012-08-08 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us (board closed 2013-09-18) | Some Restored | ??? |
/qa/ - Questions and Answers | 2015-01-23 (from birth) | archive.moe | Partial? | Partial |
/r9k/ - ROBOT 9001 | 2012-06-02 | archive.moe <- (???) | Yes | ??? |
/s4s/ - Shit 4chan Says | 2013-10-01 | archive.moe <- (???) | Yes | Yes, All |
/sci/ - Science | 2010-05-12 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- installgentoo.net <- easymodo.net <- green-oval.net + gentoomen | Yes | ??? |
/tg/ - Traditional Games | 2010-02-23 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net | Yes | ??? |
/tv/ - Television and Film | 2010-02-01 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net <- green-oval.net + gentoomen | Some Restored | ??? |
/u/ - Yuri | 2011-06-04 | archive.moe <- (???) | Lost before 2014 | ??? |
/v/ - Video Games | 2012-02-12 | archive.moe <- foolz.us | Lost before 2014 | Partial |
/vg/ - Video Games Generals | 2012-02-16 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us | Lost before 2014 | |
/vp/ - Pokemon | 2013-03-13 | archive.moe <- foolz.us | Yes | ??? |
/vr/ - Retro Games | 2013-03-18 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us | Yes | ??? |
/wsg/ - Worksafe GIF | 2012-06-04 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us | Yes | ??? |
- Foolz.us - Final Snapshot before Shutdown
- Wayback Machine - The Dark Cave
- Bibliotheca Anonoma - Board Addition Dates
- Source: Easymodo Info Page
rbt.asia/rebeccablacktech.com
rebeccablacktech | |
URL | rbt.asia |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Status: Online Saves Images?: Yes
A Fuuka archiver for /con/, /cgl/, /g/, /mu/, /qa/, and /w/. /soc/ moved to fgts.
Board | Date of Oldest Thread | Full Images |
---|---|---|
/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL | 2012-05-06 | Yes |
/con/ - Conventions | 2013-09-29 (from birth) | Yes |
/g/ - Technology | 2011-11-11 | Yes |
/mu/ - Music | 2013-05-30 | Yes, Temp. |
/qa/ Questions & Answers | 2015-01-23 (from birth) | Yes, for now |
/w/ - Wallpapers | 2012-01-11 | Yes |
warosu.org
warosu.org | |
URL | warosu.org |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Status: Online Saves Images?: Partially (all boards except /g/)
Board | Date of Oldest Thread | Full Images |
---|---|---|
/3/ - 3DCG | 2014-01-12 | Yes |
/biz/ - Business & Finance | 2014-03-15 | Yes |
/cgl/ - Coslay & EGL | 2014-03-15 | Yes |
/ck/ - Cooking | 2012-12-01 | Yes |
/fa/ - Fashion | 2013-03-13 | Yes |
/g/ - Technology | 2013-03-13 | No |
/ic/ - Artwork/Critique | 2013-10-28 | Yes |
/jp/ - Otaku Culture | 2013-10-05 | Yes |
/lit/ Literature | 2011-06-26 | Yes |
/sci/ - | 2012-07-02 | Yes |
/tg/ - Traditional Games | 2013-04-01 | Yes |
/vr/ - Retro Games | 2013-04-01 | Yes |
archive.4plebs.org
archive.4plebs.org | |
URL | archive.4plebs.org |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Status: Online Saves Images?: Yes
Board | Date of Oldest Thread |
---|---|
/adv/ - Advice | 2014-01-12 |
/f/ - Flash | 2014-03-15 |
/hr/ - High Resolution | 2012-12-01 (around birth) |
/o/ - Auto | 2013-03-13 |
/pol/ - Politically Incorrect | 2013-10-28 |
/s4s/ - Shit 4chan Says | 2013-10-05 |
/tg/ Traditional Games | 2011-06-26 |
/trv/ - Travel | 2012-07-02 |
/x/ - Paranormal | 2013-04-01 |
fgts.jp
fgts.jp | |
URL | fgts.jp |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Status: Online Saves Images?: Yes
A Fuuka archiver for /asp/, /b/, /cm/, /h/, /hc/, /hm/, /n/, /p/, /qa/, /r/, /s/, /soc/, and /y/. All except /asp/, /cm/, /n/, /p/ and /qa/ are NSFW.
Board | Date of Oldest Thread |
---|---|
/asp/ - Alternative Sports | 2013-12-02 |
/b/ - Random[fgts-b 1] | 2015-01-04 |
/cm/ - Cute/Male | 2013-01-29 |
/h/ - Hentai | 2013-02-20 |
/hc/ - Hardcore | 2013-03-05 |
/hm/ - Handsome Men | 2013-08-12 |
/n/ - Transportation | 2013-05-23 |
/p/ - Photography | 2014-03-29 |
/qa/ - Question & Answer | 2015-01-23 (from birth) |
/r/ - Request | 2014-02-02 |
/soc/ - Cams & Meetups | 2013-12-26 |
/y/ - Yaoi | 2012-12-16 |
archive.loveisover.me
archive.loveisover.me | |
URL | archive.loveisover.me |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Status: Online Saves Images?: Yes
Originally a pure NSFW Fuuka archiver for /d/ and /i/. Has assumed responsibility of boards formerly curated by archive.nyafuu.org /c/, /e/, /u/, /w/, /wg/, as of November 2014.
It also inherited the archive.mawa.re /t/ archive.
Board | Date of Oldest Thread | Pedigree |
---|---|---|
/c/ - Anime/Cute | 2011-06-08 | loveisover.me <- nyafuu.org |
/d/ - Hentai/Alternative | 2013-03-04 | loveisover.me <- (???) |
/e/ - Ecchi | 2012-10-13 | loveisover.me <- nyafuu.org |
/i/ - Oekaki | 2011-11-05 | loveisover.me <- (???) |
/lgbt/ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender | 2014-04-12 | loveisover.me |
/t/ - Torrents | 2012-06-08 | loveisover.me <- mawa.re |
/u/ Yuri | 2013-06-23 | loveisover.me <- nyafuu.org |
/w/ - Anime/Wallpapers | 2012-01-11 | loveisover.me <- nyafuu.org |
/wg/ - Wallpapers/General | 2013-04-10 | loveisover.me <- nyafuu.org |
imcute.yt
imcute.yt | |
URL | imcute.yt |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Status: Online Saves Images?:Yes
A Fuuka archiver that started with /gif/, /int/, /jp/, /out/, presumably around 2014-08-09.
It's resumed archiving all boards originally covered by Heinessen (/an/, /fit/, /gif/, /mlp/, /r9k/, /sp/, /toy/) except /k/ and /x/. Unfortunately, only /fit/ and /mlp/ contain Heinessen's full archival history prior to 2014 (though Heinessen's /r9k/ history was inherited by Archive.moe).
It used to archive /sp/, but stopped in the aftermath of the /sp/ April Uprising.
Board | Date of Oldest Thread | Pedigree |
---|---|---|
/an/ - Animals & Nature | 2014-10-15 | imcute.yt X- heinessen.com (lost before 2014) |
/fit/ - Fitness | 2010-10-12 | imcute.yt <- heinessen.com |
/gif/ - Adult GIF | 2014-08-09 | imcute.yt |
/int/ - International | 2014-10-18 | imcute.yt |
/mlp/ - Ponies | 2012-08-08 | imcute.yt <- heinessen.com |
/out/ - Outdoor | 2014-07-12 (from birth) | imcute.yt |
/qa/ Q & A | 2015-01-23 (from birth) | imcute.yt |
/r9k/ - ROBOT9000 | 2014-11-10 | imcute.yt |
/toy/ - Toys | 2014-07-12 | imcute.yt X- heinessen.com (lost 2012-2014) |
List of Fuuka Archivers by board
Board | Moe | 4plebs Archive | Love is Over | Rebecca Black Tech | warosu | fgts | imcute | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
/3/ - 3DCG | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 1 |
/a/ - Anime & Manga | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/adv/ - Advice | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/an/ - Animals & Nature | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 1 |
/asp/ - Alternative Sports | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/b/ - Random | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/biz/ - Business & Finance | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 1 |
/c/ - Anime/Cute | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | 2 |
/ck/ - Food & Cooking | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 1 |
/cm/ - Cute/Male | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/co/ - Comics & Cartoons | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/con/ - Conventions | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | 1 |
/d/ - Hentai/Alternative | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/diy/ - Do-It-Yourself | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 2 |
/e/ - Ecchi | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/f/ - Flash | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/fa/ - Fashion | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 1 |
/fit/ - Fitness | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 1 |
/g/ - Technology | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | 2 |
/gd/ - Graphic Design | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/gif/ - Adult GIF | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 1 |
/h/ - Hentai | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 2 |
/hc/ - Hardcore | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/hm/ - Handsome Men | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/hr/ - High Resolution | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/i/ - Oekaki | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/ic/ - Artwork/Critique | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 1 |
/int/ - International | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 2 |
/jp/ - Otaku Culture | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 2 |
/k/ - Weapons | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/lgbt/ - LGBT | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/lit/ - Literature | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 1 |
/m/ - Mecha | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/mlp/ - Pony | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 2 |
/mu/ - Music | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | 1 |
/n/ - Transportation | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/o/ - Auto | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/out/ - Outdoors | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 2 |
/p/ - Photography | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/po/ - Papercraft & Origami | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/pol/ - Politically Incorrect | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/q/ - 4chan Feedback | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/qa/ - Question & Answer | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 4 |
/r/ - Request | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/r9k/ - ROBOT9001 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 2 |
/s/ - Sexy Beautiful Women | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/s4s/ - Shit 4chan Says | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 2 |
/sci/ - Science & Math | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 2 |
/soc/ - Cams & Meetups | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
/sp/ - Sports | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 0 |
/t/ - Torrents | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/tg/ - Traditional Games | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | 3 |
/toy/ - Toys | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 1 |
/trv/ - Travel | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/tv/ - Television & Film | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 2 |
/u/ - Yuri | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/v/ - Video Games | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/vg/ - Video Game Generals | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/vp/ - Pokémon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/vr/ - Retro Games | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 2 |
/w/ - Anime/Wallpapers | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 2 |
/wg/ - Wallpapers/General | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/wsg/ - Worksafe GIF | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/x/ - Paranormal | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 1 |
/y/ - Yaoi | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 1 |
Selective Archives
These websites archive a selection of threads that users vote to retain.
Swfchan
Swfchan is a massive Flash archive that scrapes and archives flashes from the 4chan /f/ board. 163831 have been saved as of 2015-02-11.
These flashes are an important artistic record of the culture back in the day.
Sup/tg/
Suptg | |
URL | suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
A site created by /tg/ members in 2009, it has a considerable community of its own, providing reviews and RPG materials. sup/tg/ has a uniquely crated archive with full image support. Unlike most other archives listed, moderators conduct routine purges of low-rated threads, a process they refer to as "graveyarding". The only other site that had a similar policy was Chanarchive, but they deleted threads while they were incoming.
4chandata/4chanarchive
4chandata | |
URL | 4chanarchive.net, formerly 4chandata.org |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
A considerably wide cross-section of 4chan's boards, starting at August 8 2012. Ironically, despite being an imageboard archive, the site itself is unwilling to host images due to the possibility of legal issues surrounding content. While there is content overlap with the Fuuka-based archivers, the site's good to include for the sake of completeness. 4chandata was supplanted by 4chanarchive.net, and both sites appear to be in a precarious hosting situation with archiving coming to a sudden halt on November 20th 2014.
4archive
4archive | |
URL | 4archive.org |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Another site that saves threads on a unique platform, starting at January 17 2014. This site is notable as it is (currently) the only site archiving /b/. Images are stored separately through Imgur and Imageshack.
Wikis
- Encyclopedia Dramatica - The quintessential 4chan wiki.
- Insurgency Wiki - Once, it was almost equal to ED in power and influence. Now, thousands of collapses and failures have reduced it to a broken mess. It would have been gone entirely if it was not for the Bibliotheca Anonoma, which happened to be examining Partyvan.info 2 days before it's collapse.
- Bibliotheca Anonoma - A wiki designed to save the greatest treasures from around the internet. It strives to provide an index to the archives below to assess their value and display great works to the public. Because what good is a massive mess of information without a guide?
- Yotsuba Society - A place dedicated to studying the culture of 4chan. Maintains a wiki that strives to restore Wikichan to it's former state.
As of 1/16/14, the archival portion of the site is down.The archives have been moved in their entirety to the Stanford Digital Library. - Wikichan - The first major 4chan wiki, holding tons of important stories and content. It is the model for many 4chan archive projects to come. The entire wiki collapsed spectacularly several times without recourse, and is the prime example of the problems that occur when a major 4chan archive goes down.
- LURKMOAR Wiki
Closed Archives
4chan Archives that have shut down, but either have dumps available or transferred their archives to other sites.
installgentoo.net
installgentoo.net | |
File:Installgentoo.png | |
URL | archive.installgentoo.net |
Status | Offline |
Archiving status | Inherited by rbt.asia and Archive.moe |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Status: Transferred Saves Images?: Partially (all boards except /mlp/ and /x/)
Archived /diy/, /g/, and /sci/ throughout it's lifetime. These boards were inherited from Green-Oval and Gentoomen.
It also archived /pol/ and /k/ for a while, but those archives were transferred to other sites (I'm assuming Heinnessen?)
It shut down around July 2014, but /diy/, /g/, and /sci/ were transferred safely to both RebeccaBlackTech/rbt.asia and Archive.moe.
archive.mawa.re
Status: Transferred Archived?: Yes (by loveisover.me)
Start Date: ??? End Date: (around Nov. 2013)
Archived /t/. It was shut down by it's owner, but the backups were transferred to loveisover.me.
archive.nyafuu.org
Status: Transferred Saves Images?: No
A Fuuka archiver for /c/, /e/, /w/, and /wg/, provides full image archiving. /e/ is NSFW.
It shut down sometime around November 2014, and all the boards were inherited safely by archive.loveisover.me.
archive.heinessen.com
Status: Some Lost, Some Transferred Saves Images?: Partially (all boards except /mlp/ and /x/)
Archived /an/, /fit/, /k/, /mlp/, /r9k/, /toy/, /x/. Also used the alternate domains archive.maidlab.jp and xfiles.to .
Closed on November 2014 due to personal reasons, but the /r9k/, /mlp/, and /k/ archives were made public.
Unfortunately, the admin decided to delete the /an/, /toy/, and /x/ archives without providing backups. These archives date all the way back to 2012.
- imcute.yt inherits all the boards that Heinessen archives, (except for /k/ and /x/), but only inherited history for /fit/ and /mlp/.
- 4plebs.net did not inherit it's /x/ archive, but their own archive dates back to 2013.
- Archive.moe inherited Heinessen /k/, /mlp/ archive with all history. They also made public Heinessen's 282GB archive of all full-size images from /mlp/, which was then uploaded to the Internet Archive.
- Archive.org Torrent Dump - The owner offered a torrent dump of /r9k/ /k/ and /mlp/ temporarily, covering SQL dumps and thumbnails. It is now permanently archived at Archive.org. It's 38.9GB so watch out.
- Archive.moe's /mlp/ Full Image Archive from Heinessen - A 282GB archive of all full-size images from /mlp/, provided by Archive.moe before they expunged them.
- Source: ar.vyrd.net
Foolz Archive
Foolz Archive | |
URL | archive.foolz.us |
Status | Offline |
Archiving status | Partial, Inherited by Archive.moe |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
The predecessor to Archive.moe. Foolz was originally a scanlation team that heavily depended on Easymodo's /a/ archives to coordinate, and took over administration when Easymodo shut down. The developers created, (and are still maintaining) **FoolFuuka**, a significantly improved version of the original Fuuka Archiver. It even allowed anons to comment on threads long after they closed.
On August 14, 2014, Foolz.us announced that the service would shut down. The entire archive was spun off and transferred to the newly-built Archive.moe.
Unfortunately, a mishap occurred where most of the thumbnails on Foolz's archived boards were lost forever: By the time the staff noticed that the transfer failed, foolz.net was already deleted. /a/ was fully recovered with earlier dumps of green-oval.net and easymodo, but other boards weren't as lucky.
Thanks to the magic of md5sums, however, the thumbnails of the other boards can be restored once the original image is reuploaded to 4chan. But obviously, not everything can come back.
Board | Date of Oldest Thread | Pedigree |
---|---|---|
/a/ - Animu & Mango | 2008-02-03 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net <- green-oval.net |
/biz/ - Business and Finance | 2010-10-12 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us |
/c/ - Cute Animu | 2012-04-02 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- (???) |
/co/ - Comics and Cartoons | 2012-05-21 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- (???) |
/diy/ - Do It Yourself | 2011-10-23 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- installgentoo.net |
/gd/ - Graphic Design | 2014-07-12 | archive.moe <- foolz.us |
/int/ - International | 2013-01-08 | archive.moe <- foolz.us |
/jp/ - Otaku Culture | 2008-02-20 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net |
/m/ - Mecha | 2009-03-27 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net |
/out/ - Outdoors | 2012-03-18 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us |
/po/ - Papercraft and Origami | 2010-10-20 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- (???) |
/q/ - 4chan Feedback | 2010-10-20 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us (board closed 2013-09-18) |
/sp/ - Sports | Around 2012-06-12? | abandoned, dump at Internet Archive <- archive.moe <- foolz.us |
/sci/ - Science | 2013-10-01 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- installgentoo.net <- easymodo.net <- green-oval.net + gentoomen |
/tg/ - Traditional Games | 2010-02-23 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net |
/tv/ - Television and Film | 2010-02-10 | archive.moe <- foolz.us <- easymodo.net <- green-oval.net + gentoomen |
/v/ - Video Games | 2012-02-12 | archive.moe <- foolz.us |
/vg/ - Video Games Generals | 2012-02-16 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us |
/vp/ - Pokemon | 2013-03-13 | archive.moe <- foolz.us |
/vr/ - Retro Games | 2013-03-18 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us |
/wsg/ - Worksafe GIF | 2012-06-05 (from birth) | archive.moe <- foolz.us |
- Foolz.us - Final Snapshot before Shutdown
- Bibliotheca Anonoma - Board Addition Dates
- Source: Easymodo Info Page
Easymodo
Easymodo inherited Green-oval.net's /a/ archive. It also archived /jp/ (from birth), /m/, /sci/, /tg/, and /tv/.
When Easymodo shut down, it made it's archives public in some kind of torrent. Foolz and InstallGentoo.net inherited it's collections.
To whomever has the Easymodo archive dumps, please upload it to the Internet Archive. They were essential when Archive.moe accidentally lost it's thumbnails, and should not be lost ever again.
- Unfortunately, due to robots.txt, there are no Wayback Machine snapshots.
- Damn you Easymodo! Damn you to hell!
- Source: Easymodo Info Page
green-oval.net
The very first attestable 4chan Fuuka Archiver.
Anonymous of Russia
Some curious post-thread discussion in the earliest archived /a/ thread from February 2008, attests that there was a site that archived /a/ all the way to December 2007 (instead of just 2008).
The anon who ran that site was none other than Anonymous of Russia (aka Andrey Osenenko) himself.
However, he got subnet banned and failed to upload backups of those three months. What a shame.
Lost Archives
WorldAthleticProject
Status: Offline Archived?: No
Start Date: (sometime before Aug. 22 2013) End Date: (around Nov. 2013)
WorldAthleticProject was an archiver for the boards /cm/, /s/, /con/, /e/, /h/, /hc/, /soc/, /s4s/, /d/, /pol/, /adv/, /trv/, /lgbt/, /r/, /u/, and /y/.
This archiver also attempted to make a Fuuka vertabrim archive of /b/. Unfortunately, given that /b/tards are a feisty bunch and post CP from time to time (and deletions are difficult to transfer to the archiver), despite having a decent report system, the owner probably wiped all data in a panic when the partyvan came to his door.
Apparently reports aren't enough, you need to log users as well, as fgts,jp will tell you in their archive.
This is the most significant loss of data since the Chanarchive. We need to catalog what was lost (check archival start dates), and possibly recover some bits via Internet Archeology on the Wayback Machine.
- Archive.today - Snapshot of /s4s/ 2013-10-18
- Wayback Machine - http://fuuka.worldathleticproject.org
Foolzashit
Status: Offline
Start Date: (before June 2013) End Date: (around Nov. 2013)
Foolzashit was an archiver for /s4s/ (since it's inception).
Unfortunately, it was lost in it's entirety and backups were not made, so all /s4s/ posts predating Nov. 2013 (when 4plebs.org began archiving) are lost.
Chanarchive
Chanarchive (formerly 4chanarchive) | |
URL | Chanarchive.org, formerly 4chanarchive.org |
Status | Offline |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
4chan's primary archive site. Since 2006, significant 4chan threads have been archived on the 4chanarchive, creating a database of over 500GBs.
On 10/3/2012, Chanarchive without warning, temporarily shut down (almost permanently though.) On a 4chan thread, the owner stated that the site was banned from paypal and had their funds frozen, making it impossible to pay it's massive expenses. However, the operators of Encyclopedia Dramatica stepped in, and offered to host chanarchive.org, which was accepted by the site's creator/then-owner, "Capsized."
The site is still online as of 2/26/13, but no backups have been made as of yet. As of 1/16/14 the site is down and ED has given no indication to it returning. Internet Archive has intermittent captures of the site.
Zaiger, one former mod, stated that a hard drive containing parts of the site got corrupted, and was irreparable. The Chanarchive Team was thus unable to restore the site, or even a backup.
The Bibliotheca Anonoma is attempting to resurrect some portions of the site through Internet Archeology, by sifting through the Wayback Machine's many snapshots of 4chanarchive/Chanarchive. Not everything will be saved, and images are mostly lost, but a significant portion of the threads can at least be read.