ActiveOSI-approved OSSAutomationBrowser Automation

Crawlee

Crawlee—A web scraping and browser automation library for Node.js to build reliable crawlers. In JavaScript and TypeScript. Extract data for AI, LLMs, RAG, or GPTs. Download HTML, PDF, JPG, PNG, and other files from websites. Works with Puppeteer, Playwright, Cheerio, JSDOM, and raw HTTP. Both headful and headless mode. With proxy rotation.

Data confidence100/100
Source coverage100/100
Publish confidence100/100
Evidence checkedJul 31, 2026
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Activity
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Reliability
Maintenance posture from recency, release evidence, availability, and repo signals.
Adoption
Public footprint from GitHub stars, forks, and watchers when available.
Sustainability
Longer-term posture combining health, activity, adoption, confidence, and decay risk.
ToolVitals83/100Health83/100Shipping69/100Zombie Risk0/100
Overall Score83Active
Activity69
Reliability83
Adoption88
Sustainability84

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About this tool

What ToolVitals knows about Crawlee

Crawlee—A web scraping and browser automation library for Node.js to build reliable crawlers. In JavaScript and TypeScript. Extract data for AI, LLMs, RAG, or GPTs. Download HTML, PDF, JPG, PNG, and other files from websites. Works with Puppeteer, Playwright, Cheerio, JSDOM, and raw HTTP. Both headful and headless mode. With proxy rotation.

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.

Source-visible projectBrowser AutomationOSI-approved OSSScored Intelligence
Repository

GitHub Activity

TS
apify/crawlee
Stars25,113
Forks1,584
Watchers25,113
Open Issues166
Primary Language
TypeScript
Last Commit
Today
Releases 90d
1
Default Branch
master
License
Apache-2.0
Repository Status
Active repository
Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence100/100Strong
Source Coverage100/100Strong
Publish Confidence100/100Strong

ConfidenceHigh-confidence score from multiple public signals.

Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

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License Evidence

Class
OSI-approved OSS
License
Apache-2.0

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

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Classification

Category
Automation
Use Case
Browser Automation
Openness
OSI-approved OSS
License
Apache-2.0
Tool Mode
Source-visible project
Score Model
Open Source Maintenance
Score Visibility
Scored Intelligence
Status
Active
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open-sourceapifyautomationcrawlercrawlingheadlessheadless-chromejavascriptnodejsnpmplaywrightpuppeteerscraperscrapingtypescriptweb-crawlerweb-crawlingweb-scrapingapi-firstbrowser-automationheadless-browserdata-extractionproxy-rotation

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