Wayback Machine runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 651 installs a week from npm. Last commit 6 Oct 2026.
MCP server and CLI tool for interacting with the Wayback Machine without API keys
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Wayback Machine every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-wayback-machine -- npx -y mcp-wayback-machine{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-wayback-machine": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-wayback-machine"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-wayback-machine]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-wayback-machine"]{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-wayback-machine": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-wayback-machine"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-wayback-machine": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-wayback-machine"
]
}
}
}Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY (Internet Archive S3 access key for higher SPN2 rate limits. Optional — anonymous mode works without it), WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY (Internet Archive S3 secret key for higher SPN2 rate limits. Optional — anonymous mode works without it).
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Wayback Machine — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.