Firecrawl
🔥 Turn entire websites into LLM-ready markdown or structured data using an efficient API. Easily scrape, crawl, and extract data.
Firecrawl is built in TypeScript, distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0, 43.7k GitHub stars from 86 contributors, latest release v1.15.0.
When to use Firecrawl
Firecrawl is listed here as a Development project. The directory calls out Convert websites into markdown, Extract structured data with ease, Single API for scraping and crawling as capabilities associated with it.
Other recorded traits for Firecrawl include Ideal for LLM preparation, Efficient web crawling.
Besides Development, this page also files Firecrawl under API, Web.
Firecrawl compared with
Records in this directory name Scrapy, Beautiful Soup, Puppeteer as products people compare with Firecrawl. That list is editorial metadata, not a claim that Firecrawl replaces each of them.
What the Firecrawl stats reflect
GitHub currently shows 43.7k GitHub stars, about 86 contributors, 4.1k forks, 197 open issues, latest tracked release v1.15.0. Star and activity counts here are a snapshot used as a proxy for community adoption, not a quality score.
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- TypeScript
- Latest Release
- v1.15.0
- License
- GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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Key features of Firecrawl
- Convert websites into markdown
- Extract structured data with ease
- Single API for scraping and crawling
- Ideal for LLM preparation
- Efficient web crawling
Recorded alternatives to Firecrawl
Firecrawl resources
Firecrawl on GitHub
Frequently asked questions
What is Firecrawl?
🔥 Turn entire websites into LLM-ready markdown or structured data using an efficient API. Easily scrape, crawl, and extract data. This directory highlights Convert websites into markdown, Extract structured data with ease, Single API for scraping and crawling.
Is Firecrawl free to use?
Firecrawl is published as open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. The directory lists Convert websites into markdown, Extract structured data with ease, Single API for scraping and crawling among its recorded capabilities.
What language is Firecrawl written in, and what is the latest release?
Firecrawl is written primarily in TypeScript. The latest release tracked on this page is v1.15.0.
How widely is Firecrawl used on GitHub?
Firecrawl has about 43.7k GitHub stars across about 86 contributors. It also has about 4.1k forks. Those counts are a snapshot of community attention, not a ranking of quality.
What do people compare Firecrawl with?
This directory records Scrapy, Beautiful Soup, Puppeteer as comparison points for Firecrawl.
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