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title: Install Argiope on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Argiope for Linux - A web crawler for broken-link
  detection and image downloading
url: https://snapcraft.io/argiope
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# Argiope

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* [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development)

latest/stable 0.3.5

Install latest/stable of Argiope

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install argiope
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* argiope

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 15 March 2026 - latest/stable
* 12 October 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [christianhelle.com](https://christianhelle.com/argiope "https://christianhelle.com/argiope")
* [github.com/christianhelle/argiope](https://github.com/christianhelle/argiope "https://github.com/christianhelle/argiope")

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### Contact

* [christianhelle.com](https://christianhelle.com "https://christianhelle.com")
* [github.com/christianhelle](https://github.com/christianhelle "https://github.com/christianhelle")

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### Donations

* [paypal.me](https://paypal.me/christianhelle "https://paypal.me/christianhelle")
* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/christianhelle "https://buymeacoffee.com/christianhelle")
* [github.com/sponsors/christianhelle](https://github.com/sponsors/christianhelle "https://github.com/sponsors/christianhelle")

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### Source code

* [github.com/christianhelle/argiope](https://github.com/christianhelle/argiope "https://github.com/christianhelle/argiope")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/christianhelle/argiope/issues](https://github.com/christianhelle/argiope/issues "https://github.com/christianhelle/argiope/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/argiope#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/argiope#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/argiope#tab-security)

#### A web crawler for broken-link detection and image downloading

A high-performance web crawler written for broken-link detection and image downloading.

**Overview:**
argiope is a fast, lightweight web crawler designed for broken-link detection, website archiving, and batch image downloading. It features intelligent HTML scanning, URL normalization, and sophisticated report generation. Built with zero external dependencies and compiled to a single static binary.

**Key Features:**

* Crawl websites and detect broken links (4xx/5xx/timeout errors)
* Generate comprehensive reports in text, Markdown, or self-contained HTML format
* Download images from web pages to organized directory structures
* Generate portable HTML browsing pages for downloaded image libraries with `library.html` landing page, nested `index.html` navigation, and per-folder `reader.html` viewers
* Specialized support for downloading manga chapters from MangaFox (fanfox.net) by title with optional chapter range filtering
* BFS (breadth-first search) traversal with configurable crawl depth, request timeouts, and rate limiting
* Domain-restricted crawling with automatic same-origin security checks
* Lightweight HTML scanner for precise link and image extraction from complex pages
* Intelligent URL normalization and relative-to-absolute URL resolution
* Parallel crawling support for improved performance on large sites
* Zero external dependencies — uses only Zig's standard library
* Single static binary — no runtime, no installation hassles

**Commands:**

* `check <url>`: Crawl a website and generate a detailed broken-link report with timing statistics
* `images <url>`: Download all images from a website or manga chapters from MangaFox to an organized structure
* `library <dir>`: Generate or regenerate HTML browser for existing image directories

**Usage Examples:**

* `argiope check https://example.com --depth 5` — Check site for broken links up to 5 levels deep
* `argiope images https://example.com/gallery -o ./images` — Archive gallery images with HTML browser
* `argiope images https://fanfox.net/manga/title --chapters 1-50` — Download manga chapters 1-50
* `argiope check https://example.com --report report.html --report-format html` — Generate HTML report for CI pipelines
* `argiope images https://example.com -o ./archive --parallel --depth 3` — Fast parallel crawling and download

**Report Features:**
Reports include detailed statistics: total URLs checked, OK count, broken count, error count, internal vs external split, and timing information (total time, average/min/max response times). HTML reports are self-contained with inline CSS and styled with status badges.

**HTML Browser:**
The generated portable HTML browser features light/dark/system theme modes with localStorage-backed preferences, relative links for offline browsing, percent-encoded filenames for local file access, and thumbnail galleries with ordered prev/next navigation. Works with generic image collections and deep MangaFox chapter trees alike.

**MangaFox Features:**

* Automatic chapter detection via RSS feeds with fallback to HTML parsing
* Numeric chapter ordering (1, 2, 10, 11, 100) not alphabetic
* Full support for decimal chapter numbers (5.5, 100.1) with correct sorting
* Chapter range filtering via `--chapters N-M` flag
* Organized output: `[manga-title]/[chapter]/[page].jpg`
* Verbose mode shows detailed chapter discovery information

**Performance & Reliability:**
Configurable request timeouts, delay between requests, and concurrent crawling options ensure efficient resource usage and reliable operation on rate-limited sites. Automatic redirect following, response size limiting, and detailed error reporting make it production-ready for CI pipelines and large-scale archiving. Perfect for website archiving, CI/CD integration, and offline browsing.

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## Install Argiope on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/argiope/raspbian)
