Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderThis brings back so many fond memories. I grew up in a rural part of Kenya where the internet was scarce and tech practically non-existent. I was interested in web dev and taught myself PHP using HTTrack to download the php manual site, then the cprogramming.com website. I remember writing these site contents onto a thick notebook to read in school. Cprogamming.com imho was my programming foundation as I treated it as programming gospel. That kid back then would be…
Ahh, the good ole days. I used httrack nearly 20 years ago to make the CD copies of the osha.gov site (e.g., [1]). Back then, for ADA and internet access compliance, government websites had to also be made available for offline use if possible. I haven’t followed httrack since, but it seems like scrapy and similar are much better replacements. [1] https://forum.httrack.com/readmsg/3556/index.html
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 355
- Total comments
- 99
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-10 | HTTrack Website Copier – Offline browserFirst breakout | evo_9 | 131 | 35 |
| 2023-04-16 | HTTrack Website Copier: Free software offline browser | thunderbong | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-05-25 | HTTrack: Open-source easy-to-use downloader and offline browser utility | teleforce | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-02-02 | HTTrack Website Copier | thunderbong | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-03-18 | HTTrack Website CopierBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | rzk | 216 | 64 |