Still Desktop 1.6
Private · Local-first · Searchable
Capture what matters. Privately.
Still turns the web into a calm, personal archive. Save pages from your browser, preserve them locally, revisit them in a clean reading view, and search your library instantly — without handing your knowledge to someone else.
94%
stratechery.com
Why preserving the web now matters more than ever
Full page archived with readable text, metadata, and a portable package.
88%
notion.so
Design systems, memory, and long-term reference
Save screenshots, local assets, source metadata, and searchable reader text.
97%
ft.com
Private reading with versions, notes, and confidence scoring
Keep your source intact and revisit it with a clean reading experience.
Still
Private Web Archive
CURRENT PAGE
Archiving the page privately…
example.com
✓Metadata
✓Readable text
◌Offline assets
◌Screenshot
◌Archive package
Read without the web
Full-text search & snippets
Incremental indexing
Portable Still ZIP exports
Versions, tags, notes & highlights
WHY STILL
A private archive built for real research, reference, and long-term memory.
Still combines the speed of a modern desktop app with the permanence of a local archive, so important pages stay available even when the original web moves, breaks, or disappears.
Archive from the browser
Capture metadata, HTML, readable text, local assets, and a full-page screenshot from the Still extension.
Find anything fast
Use full-text search with relevance ranking, highlighted snippets, and scalable indexing inside your local vault.
Read without distraction
Switch to the reader view for focused reading, saved highlights, notes, reading progress, and citation-ready context.
Understand your sources
Browse by domains, explore timelines, compare versions, and organise your archive with collections and tags.
Keep living archives
Monitor saved pages over time, detect changes, and see whether a live page is unchanged, moved, changed, or unavailable.
Stay portable
Export portable Still ZIP packages, standalone HTML, WARC, or JSON whenever you need your archive outside the app.
ACTUAL PRODUCT SURFACES
The library, reader, extension, and performance views — all shaped around preservation.
READER VIEW
Return to a page in a calmer format.
Reader mode keeps the article readable with structure, notes, highlights, source metadata, citation tools, reading progress, and export options — all available from one view.
ARCHIVED AUG 08, 2026
Why a personal archive becomes more valuable over time
longform.org · 2,864 words · 36% read
A preserved page is more than a bookmark — it becomes a dependable part of your private reference system.
PERFORMANCE
Built to grow with your archive.
Still Desktop 1.6 adds performance and scale tooling including search index coverage, pending archive indexing, native optimisation controls, and measurable database health.
PERFORMANCE & SCALE
Inspect index coverage and optimise the local database.
Rebuild search indexOptimise DB
Index Health96.2%
Up to 25 pending archives are indexed at launch. Rebuild when you need complete coverage.
HOW STILL WORKS
A simple private workflow from capture to long-term knowledge.
Capture a page
Use the browser extension to archive the current page with metadata, readable text, offline assets, and a full-page screenshot.
Save it locally
Still packages the archive and stores it inside your private vault. Automatic vault backups can preserve another copy locally.
Read, search, organise
Open the desktop library to search, highlight, tag, annotate, and browse across timelines, domains, collections, and page versions.
Keep it portable
Export your content as Still ZIP, HTML, WARC, or JSON whenever you need preservation beyond the app itself.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
“No account. No analytics. No archive content sent over the network.”
Still is designed for people who want durable access to what they save — researchers, writers, strategists, students, curious minds, and anyone building a personal archive they can trust.
FAQ
Questions people will ask before they trust an archive.
Does Still store my archive in the cloud?
No. The product is positioned around private, local storage. The archive stays on your machine unless you choose your own backup workflow.
What can Still preserve from a page?
Still captures metadata, HTML, reader text, assets, screenshots, notes, highlights, versions, and archive confidence data, depending on what is available.
Can I export what I save?
Yes. The current product supports portable Still ZIP exports as well as standalone HTML, JSON, and WARC output.
Is search built into the desktop app?
Yes. Still Desktop 1.6 includes full-text search with snippets, relevance ranking, and incremental indexing designed for larger archives.
READY TO START SAVING?
Build a private web archive you can actually return to.
Use Still to turn disappearing pages, useful research, and meaningful references into something permanent, searchable, and yours.