crawler-buddyvsObscura
Two self-hosted Web Scraping projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| crawler-buddy | Obscura | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 43/100 | 75/100 |
| Rank in category | #14 of 16 in Web Scraping | #3 of 16 in Web Scraping |
| GitHub stars | 258 | 29 531 |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +447 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 0 | 10 |
| Latest release | — | v0.2.5 · 17 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Easy |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | HTML | Rust |
Which one should you pick?
Obscura scores 75/100 against 43/100 for crawler-buddy, so it is the safer default.
Obscura ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for crawler-buddy.
If you want the quickest setup, Obscura is easier to run; crawler-buddy needs more configuration.
Obscura is growing faster right now (+447 stars in 30 days).
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