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Active·★ 124·AGPL-3.0·Updated 2026-05-29
★ Trending★ Browser Automation★ LLM Infra

Fast, lightweight Firecrawl alternative in Rust. Web scraper, crawler & search API with MCP server for AI agents. Drop-in Firecrawl-compatible API (/v1/scrape, /v1/crawl, /v1/search). 2.3x faster than Tavily, 1.5x faster than Firecrawl in 1K-URL benchmarks. 6 MB RAM, single binary. Self-host or use managed cloud.

CRW is a single-binary web scraper for AI agents, supporting CLI, MCP, and REST API. It is Firecrawl-compatible, offers JS rendering, and uses very low resources. It can be self-hosted or used via the cloud service.

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$ Install
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/us/crw/main/install.sh | CRW_BINARY=crw sh
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01MCP server for AI agent integration
02Firecrawl-compatible REST API
03JS rendering with auto-detection of SPAs
04LLM structured extraction with JSON schema
05Low resource usage (6.6 MB idle RAM)
02

Compatibility

macOS
Homebrew / binary
Verified via docs
Linux
APT / binary
Verified via docs
Windows
Binary
Verified via docs
Docker
Container
Verified via docs
03

Quick start

1
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/us/crw/main/install.sh | CRW_BINARY=crw sh
04

Use cases

↳RAG pipelines for vector databases
↳AI agents using MCP tools
↳Content monitoring and data extraction
05

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  • R
    Rebel PatelMay 19, 2026

    Works as a drop-in alternative for basic Firecrawl use cases.

  • S
    Sasha ZhangMay 1, 2026

    Good for teams who want fast, memory-efficient web scraping without Firecrawl costs.

  • R
    Rowan MartinezMar 30, 2026

    Rust implementation is significantly faster than Python-based scrapers.

  • K
    Kai ZhangMar 17, 2026

    Lightweight Firecrawl alternative in Rust — web scraper, crawler, and search.

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GitHub Stars★ 124
Last commit1d ago
StatusActive
LicenseAGPL-3.0
CategoryBrowser Automation
Trend (30d)
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