Functional prototype · Evidence confidence: High

SiteBound

A crawler that turns a website into a compiled, printable manual or PDF.

Web utilityPDF/documentation tool
Open published URL Repository evidence
Project IDPG-005
Repositoryweb-to-tome
StageFunctional prototype
ConfidenceHigh
Also known as
PDF ProWeb to Tome

01 · Purpose

The problem

Large thesis and documentation websites are cumbersome to archive or export page-by-page.

02 · Experience

How it works

A user enters a URL, starts a crawl, monitors progress, gathers pages and then compiles them into replica or booklet-style output for PDF printing.

Users
  • Researchers
  • Site owners
  • Documentation authors
Technology identified
  • React 19
  • TanStack Start
  • Server functions
  • Browser print/PDF workflow

03 · Functional evidence

What actually exists

Verified working / present6
  • Server crawl functions
  • Polling/cancel flow
  • Deep crawl path
  • Manual renderer
  • Replica/booklet modes
  • A4/A5 selection
Partially verified1
  • Crawl success across arbitrary sites is environment-dependent
Designed / planned1
  • Broader crawl robustness
Unknown / requires verification1
  • Maximum reliable site size

04 · Development

What remains

Finish / verify
  • Crawl success across arbitrary sites is environment-dependent
Planned
  • Broader crawl robustness
Resolve unknowns
  • Maximum reliable site size

05 · Commercial

Business model

No verified pricing model.

06 · Intellectual property

IP position

Original implementation; no registered IP verified.

This archive records what the available project evidence says. It does not infer legal registration, patent grant, trademark ownership or regulatory status where that has not been verified.

07 · Assessment

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Solves a repeated archival pain point
  • Clear workflow

Limitations / risks

  • Cross-origin and anti-bot protections can limit crawling

08 · Evidence

What this record is grounded in

  • GitHub repository: simonmowatt1-sudo/web-to-tome
  • Repository README / project brief where available
  • Implemented home route where available
  • Published Lovable URL recorded from repository metadata

A published URL means the project metadata records a deployment address. It is not represented as runtime-tested unless a separate verification pass confirms that deployment.

09 · Genealogy

Connections

supports

ARC — Archive of Resilient Civilization

Website-to-manual export can turn digital knowledge into archivable documents.

supports

House of Mont Archive

SiteBound was conceived partly to export thesis websites into durable documents.

SoftwarePublishingResearch Tools

Archive principle

Unknowns stay unknown until evidence changes them.
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