crawler-buddyvsfirecrawl
Two self-hosted Web Scraping projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| crawler-buddy | firecrawl | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 43/100 | 91/100 |
| Rank in category | #14 of 16 in Web Scraping | #1 of 16 in Web Scraping |
| GitHub stars | 258 | 196 274 |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +12 381 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 0 | 9 |
| Latest release | — | apps/go-sdk/v1.15.0 · 8 Sept 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Advanced |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | HTML | Typescript |
Which one should you pick?
firecrawl scores 91/100 against 43/100 for crawler-buddy, so it is the safer default.
firecrawl ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for crawler-buddy.
If you want the quickest setup, crawler-buddy is easier to run; firecrawl needs more configuration.
firecrawl is growing faster right now (+12 381 stars in 30 days).
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