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JCodesMore/
Clone any website with one command using AI coding agents
Node.jsNext.js#ai#ai-agents#ai-tools#automation
Before you start
- Is it free?
- YesOpen source (MIT).
- Still maintained?
- Yes, activeLast change yesterday. Latest release v0.6.1, 1 months ago.
- Can I trust it?
- Some track record39k stars, 8 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- about 5 min
- Stars
- ★ 38,971
- Activity
- Updated this month
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Will it work on Linux?
Yes, it runs on Linux
- You'll build it yourself with Node.js.
Supported devices from the README: Supported Platforms
| Agent | Status | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | | Claude Code | Recommended — Opus 5.5 | | Codex CLI | Supported | | OpenCode | Supported | | Cursor | Supported |
Start here
From the maintainersDevelopment setup: CONTRIBUTING.md
CONTRIBUTING.mdContributing
Thanks for your interest in improving the AI Website Cloner Template! This guide covers how to contribute to the template itself.
Note: This repository is a template. If you just want to clone a website, don't open a PR here — click Use this template to make your own copy and work there (see the README). Pull requests should improve the template: the
/clone-websiteskill, support for the four documented agents, the scaffold, or the docs.
Ways to contribute
- Improve the
/clone-websiteskill — sharper extraction, better prompts, new behaviors to detect - Improve agent support — fixes for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or OpenCode
- Fix bugs in the Next.js scaffold
- Improve documentation — the README,
AGENTS.md, or the skill references
Browse the open issues for something to pick up. For substantial or potentially breaking changes, consider opening an issue first so we can align on the approach before significant work begins.
Development setup
Prerequisites: Node.js 24+.
git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/ai-website-cloner-template.git
cd ai-website-cloner-template
npm ci
Before opening a PR, make sure the project is green:
npm run check # lint + typecheck + build
Source-of-truth files
Project instructions live in AGENTS.md. The canonical cloning workflow lives in .agents/skills/clone-website/ and is read directly by Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode. Claude Code enters through .claude/commands/clone-website.md, which must remain a thin bridge rather than a second workflow copy.
Edit the canonical skill and its references directly. There is no generation or synchronization step.
Submitting a pull request
- Fork the repo and create a branch off
master(e.g.fix/skill-hover-extractionordocs/clarify-setup). - Make your focused change in the appropriate source-of-truth file.
- Run
npm run checkand make sure it passes. - Write a clear commit message that describes the change. Prefixes such as
fix:,feat:, ordocs:are welcome but not required. - Open a PR against
master, fill out the PR template, and link a relevant issue when one exists (for example,Closes #123). - Keep PRs focused — one logical change per PR is much easier to review and merge.
Questions
Ask in the Discord community — happy to help you get started.
5 steps on Linux
Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.
Check it supports your device / system
Compare yours with the README's “Supported Platforms” list above before installing anything.
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/JCodesMore/ai-website-cloner-template.git cd ai-website-cloner-template
Install the required runtimes
Node.js 24
# needs nvm: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm nvm install nvm use
Install dependencies
npm ci
Run it
npm run dev
From the README: Quick Start
1. Set up your project
Recommended: ask your agent. Paste this into Codex, Claude Code, or your coding agent:
Set up https://github.com/JCodesMore/ai-website-cloner-template
as a standalone project in a new folder on my computer.
Ask me where to put it. Clone the repository, remove its origin remote,
install dependencies, and run npm run check. Leave it ready for me
to clone a website.
Or create your own GitHub repository:
Give it a name and click Create repository. Then give your agent the new repository's link and ask it to clone it onto your computer, install dependencies, and run npm run check.
2. Clone a website
Open the project in your agent with browser access enabled. In Claude Code or Cursor, run:
/clone-website https://example.com
Replace the URL with the website you want to recreate. Once it's built, ask your agent for any changes you want.
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