Crawlee

Web scaping automation.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Uses TypeScript and integrates with (abstracts) common headless browsers like Puppeteer & Playwright which makes it easier to keep scripts up to date. Manages queuing, storing results, scaling & proxies. Extensive docs and examples. Open source.

Tradeoffs

Primarily designed to run locally (or in Docker), but there is a commercial SaaS option for hosting and scaling in the cloud.

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