# crawler-buddy vs Obscura

> Two self-hosted [Web Scraping projects](https://selfhost.directory/web-scraping), 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).

## Details

- [crawler-buddy](https://selfhost.directory/project/crawler-buddy) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/crawler-buddy.md)
- [Obscura](https://selfhost.directory/project/obscura) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/obscura.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/crawler-buddy-vs-obscura