CRW Web Scraper

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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.

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Language

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Last push

2026-06-17

About CRW Web Scraper

Self-hosted, Rust-native web crawler & scraper for AI agents The open-source alternative to Firecrawl. One static binary, ~50 MB RAM idle, Firecrawl-compatible REST API on **both `/v1/*` and `/v2/*`** (scrape, crawl, map, search, extract, plus v2 batch & parse) — a drop-in for the official Firecrawl SDKs — plus first-class MCP. Self-host free under AGPL-3.0, or hit our managed API at `api.fastcrw.com`. Reproducible 63.74% truth-recall on the public 1,000-URL dataset (`diagnose_3way.py`, 2026-05-08) — see fastcrw.com/benchmarks. Built in…

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CRW Web Scraper growth signals this week

Growth score: 80/100 week of 2026-06-08

Acceleration (40%)0
Relative velocity (30%)100
Downloads (20%)0
Activity (10%)100

Signal history

WeekScoreΔ★Signal
2026-06-0880+19Stable

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Frequently asked questions

Is CRW Web Scraper still maintained?
Yes — actively maintained. The last push was on 2026-06-17, with 4 contributors.
Is CRW Web Scraper growing?
It is stable this week, with a growth score of 80/100. See the weekly history above.
What are the best CRW Web Scraper alternatives?
Closest by category and size in our data: stackwise, ozgurcd/gograph, stippi/code-assistant — full list with live signals above.

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