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The 20 closest professional association archive alternatives to hwg.org, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 3 technologies behind it.

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01 · Entity

About hwg.org

hwg.org

The HTML Writers Guild

The Guild is the world's largest international organization of Web designers. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in web authoring and a desire to improve his or her skills.

Top 10K · #5,311 English 3 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

A preserved archive of the HTML Writers Guild, a former international nonprofit association of web authors that merged into the International Webmasters Association in 2001; it documents the Guild's history, standards work and accessibility efforts.

Who it’s for
Web designers and web history researchers
Business model
Nonprofit, none

02 · Embedding space

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Internet ArchiveWikimedia movementIETFDeviantArtweb.devLet's EncryptWorldCatSociety for Human Resource ManagementArchive of Our Ownw3.org

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to hwg.org

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    w3.org Top 1K English

    W3C

    The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops standards and guidelines to help everyone build a web based on the principles of accessibility, internationalization, privacy and security.

  2. 02
    Archive of Our Own archiveofourown.org Top 10K English

    Request temporarily denied. | Archive of Our Own

    nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works

  3. 03
    Society for Human Resource Management shrm.org Top 10K English

    Welcome to SHRM | The Voice of All Things Work

    For all things work, turn to SHRM, the world’s largest HR association dedicated to creating better workplaces that work for all.

  4. 04
    WorldCat worldcat.org Top 10K English

    WorldCat.org

    WorldCat.org is a global catalog of library materials. You can search for books, music, video, articles and much more at libraries near you.

  5. 05

    American professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering

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    Let's Encrypt letsencrypt.org Top 10K English

    Let's Encrypt

    Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority brought to you by the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Read all about our work in our Annual Report.

  7. 07
    web.dev Top 10K English

    web.dev

    Guidance to build modern web experiences that work on any browser.

  8. 08
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

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    IETF ietf.org Top 1K English

    IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force

    The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes.

  10. 10
    World Trade Organization wto.org Top 10K English

    World Trade Organization - Home page - Global trade

    Global trade - The World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that global trade flows smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.

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    Codeberg e.V. codeberg.org Top 10K English

    Codeberg.org

    Codeberg is a non-profit community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.

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    Wikimedia movement wikimedia.org Top 1K English

    Wikimedia Error

    global social movement for free educational knowledge

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    Amnesty International amnesty.org Top 10K English

    Amnesty International

    We are a global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries who campaign campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.

  14. 14
    Internet Archive archive.org Top 1K English

    Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

    U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive

  15. 15
    American Automobile Association aaa.com Top 10K English

    AAA International Relations

    federation of motor clubs throughout the USA and Canada

  16. 16
    Jehovah's Witnesses jw.org Top 10K English

    Jehovah’s Witnesses—Official Website: jw.org | English

    Jehovah’s Witnesses: Our official website provides online access to the Bible, Bible-based publications, and current news. It describes our beliefs and organization.

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    mapnwea.org Top 10K English

    HMH: K-12 Learning Company

    A K–12 learning company, HMH delivers integrated curriculum, assessment, and professional learning to help educators create growth for every student.

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    OSF osf.io Top 10K English

    OSF

    tools that make open science practice easier

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    medRxiv medrxiv.org Top 10K English

    medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences

    medRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication

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    Fur Affinity furaffinity.net Top 10K English

    Index -- Fur Affinity [dot] net

    Fur Affinity | For all things fluff, scaled, and feathered!

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