# firecrawl 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.

| | firecrawl | Obscura |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 91/100 ✓ | 75/100 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 16 in Web Scraping | #3 of 16 in Web Scraping |
| GitHub stars | 196 274 ✓ | 29 520 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +12 381 ✓ | +436 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 9 | 10 ✓ |
| Latest release | apps/go-sdk/v1.15.0 · 8 Sept 2026 | v0.2.5 · 17 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Advanced | Easy ✓ |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Rust |

## Which one should you pick?

firecrawl scores 91/100 against 75/100 for Obscura, so it is the safer default.

Obscura ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for firecrawl.

If you want the quickest setup, Obscura is easier to run; firecrawl needs more configuration.

firecrawl is growing faster right now (+12 381 stars in 30 days).

## Details

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

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/firecrawl-vs-obscura