in reply to Offline Copy of perlmonks

That's actually an interesting idea (a local mirror of the XML versions). Can any knowledgeable people comment with (ballpark even) how large the overall backup of the site is / might be?

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Re^2: Offline Copy of perlmonks
by LanX (Saint) on Mar 27, 2026 at 22:05 UTC
    About 1 GB ± 50% uncompressed text.

    Rationale: ~ 1 million nodes at 1 kB average XML)

    FWIW: Using the XML for alternative client is an idea as old as the site... It's mentioned somewhere in the doc catacombs.

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