Comparison
firecrawl vs paper-qa
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| firecrawl | paper-qa | |
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | API for searching, scraping, and interacting with the web at scale | High accuracy RAG for answering questions from scientific documents with citations |
| Stars | 147k | 8.8k |
| Forks | 8.5k | 887 |
| Open issues | 388 | 140 |
| Language | TypeScript | Python |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last pushed | Jul 7, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Categories | AI Agents, Data & Retrieval | Data & Retrieval, LLM Frameworks |
Choose firecrawl if…
- More widely adopted - 147k stars vs 8.8k.
- More recently updated (last pushed Jul 7, 2026).
- Also covers AI Agents.