离线浏览（Offline Browsing，又称脱机浏览，俗称砍站）是指用户将网络的共享文档或网页文档存储至本地，便于浏览存储文档。用户有可能会因为以下原因而需要离线浏览：

离线浏览在网费昂贵而且稍后读软件不够普及（类似Pocket和Safari中内置的阅读列表）时可以方便于阅览，但是在网费低廉同时又有大量优秀的稍后读软件时，离线浏览仍然有其需要的地方。

An offline reader (sometimes called an offline browser or offline navigator) is computer software that downloads e-mail, newsgroup posts or web pages, making them available when the computer is offline: not connected to the Internet. Offline readers are useful for portable computers and dial-up access.