Our take: A nonprofit archive for seeing how a page used to look, no account needed. It found Squoosh’s first 2018 version in 1.3 seconds.
- ✓ Look up pages without sign-up — verified
- ✓ Nonprofit, free
- Public availability API
- ! Not every page has been saved
- ? China access — not tested yet
Our test
Tested 28 Sep 2026 · Chrome desktop · looked up squoosh.app around December 2018
Lookup response1.26 s
Oldest capture12 Nov 2018
Years with captures9
How we checked privacy: it looks up public web pages, so nothing of yours is uploaded. The URL you search for is sent to archive.org.
Data sheet
Every row shows how we know it
| Price | Free (nonprofit) Tested |
|---|---|
| Sign-up | Not needed to browse Tested |
| Lookup result | Returned a 30 Nov 2018 snapshot (HTTP 200) Tested |
| Capture range (squoosh.app) | 2018-11-12 to 2026-09-27 Tested |
| API | Public availability API Tested + official |
| Interface languages | English Tested |
| Access from China | — Not tested |
When to use it
Check what a deleted notice, price table or article used to say.
Before you use it
Many pages were never captured and pages behind a login are not saved, so the record you want may not exist.
How to use it
- Enter the page URL at web.archive.org
- Pick a snapshot date on the calendar
- Use Save Page Now to request a capture of the current page
Alternatives
- Google Trends — past search interestUploads to server
- Bitly — link management and statsUploads to server
Last verified 28 Sep 2026 · Found something outdated? Tell us. · Wayback Machine API (official)