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crawlee

The premium Open Source alternative to Apify

🎯 Best for:Developers building large-scale scrapers that need to avoid detection and manage state.
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What is crawlee?

Replaces custom scraping scripts with a resilient browser automation framework. Automates proxy rotation and browser fingerprinting to bypass anti-bot detection systems.

Tech Stack
TypeScriptAutomation & Workflow

Why crawlee?

  • • Automatic proxy rotation
  • • Unified API for browsers
  • • Built-in request queuing

Limitations

  • • Node.js only
  • • High RAM usage for headful
  • • Learning curve for complex sites
3/5/2026
Last Update
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Forks
176
Issues
Apache-2.0
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Apify)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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