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Crawlee

Release: v3.18.2 (2026-09-29)Commit: 78da062License: Apache-2.0

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 and documentsv3.18.2releaseCrawleeTypeScriptApache-2.0
FactsLicenseApache-2.0LanguageTypeScriptKinddata and documentsRelease2026-09-29PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsLinks to the projectpermissive
$ npm install crawlee playwright

Overview

Web scraping and browser automation library for Node.js.

Kind
data and documents
License
Apache-2.0
Language
TypeScript
Platforms
Linux, macOS, Windows
Latest release
v3.18.2 (2026-09-29)
Repository
apify/crawlee
Topicsapifyautomationcrawlercrawlingheadlessheadless-chromejavascriptnodejsnpmplaywrightpuppeteerscraper

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Install

$ npm install crawlee playwright
$ npm install crawlee playwright

Checked against the project's README on 2026-11-15. The project's own instructions win when they differ: install docs

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Use with Freeweights

Use a catalog model

Download the weights from Freeweights first (HF_ENDPOINT or fw.py), then point the tool at the folder.

Catalog models it can run (3)

License

License
Apache-2.0
Class
Permissive

Read the license

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Provenance

From: apify <github.com/apify>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.toolsSubject: CrawleeRelease: v3.18.2 (2026-09-29)Commit: 78da062License: Apache-2.0
Repository
apify/crawlee
Pinned release
v3.18.2, 2026-09-29
Release commit
78da0622762e1b569b5cb0b56e8eb06a0a010d93
Default branch
master a972548a5f39b4ddd94d758519b15138f3239c2b
Fetched
2026-11-15
Takedowns
None.

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Works with

3 catalog models. See the list