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Decision brief
FireCrawl is an API-driven toolkit built for conducting scalable searches, scraping tasks, and interactive operations with the web using AI agents.
Good fit when
- When you need to automate complex web interactions that require understanding context or content from multiple sources, leveraging its AI agent capabilities.
- If your project involves converting HTML data into markdown efficiently at scale.
Avoid when
- For lightweight scraping tasks where minimal data extraction is sufficient and speed is of utmost importance without the need for advanced AI analysis.
- If you require open-source components under a license other than AGPL-3.0, as this license may impose certain restrictions on derivative works.
- Hosting:
- self hosted - FireCrawl can be deployed on your infrastructure, giving you complete control over where and how the API interacts with web data.
- Requirements:
- Min 4 GB RAM; Requires Docker
Observed Jul 11, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts
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Adoption
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- 2,125,196·npm downloads API·5d
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- Provenance
- Not a fork · Organization account
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- Security (OSV)
- No lockfile
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Install
npm install firecrawlHow it fits your stack(27)
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Overview
A tool for searching, scraping, and interacting with web data using AI agents.
Capability facts
- Languages
- typescript
Source: github.language · Aug 16, 2026
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Quick Start
Sign up at firecrawl.dev to get your API key. Try the playground to test it out.
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## License
This project is primarily licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). The SDKs and some UI components are licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE files in specific directories for details.
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**It is the sole responsibility of end users to respect websites' policies when scraping.** Users are advised to adhere to applicable privacy policies and terms of use. By default, Firecrawl respects robots.txt directives. By using Firecrawl, you agree to comply with these conditions.
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