Product
Firecrawl
Firecrawl is an open-source AI app from Firecrawl, launched in 2024, made for developers and businesses.
An API that searches, crawls and scrapes websites into clean Markdown or structured data for AI.
Main jobs: Web scraping. It is open source and free to use. You can use it through an API, on your own server and in the terminal.
Markdown version of https://godooo.ai/en/product/firecrawl. Every page on this site has one: add .md to its address.
At a glance
- Type
- Product
- Made by
- Firecrawl
- Launched
- 2024
- Galaxy
- Agents & Automation
- Pricing
- Open source, free
- Open source
- Yes · AGPL-3.0
- Source code
- github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl
- GitHub stars
- 184,095
- How you run it
- API · Self-host · Terminal
- Made for
- Developers · Businesses
- Protocols
- Model Context Protocol
- Website
- firecrawl.dev
What it can do
Web scrapingmain jobunconfirmed
“Turn any source into clean Markdown or structured data your agents can ship with.”— firecrawl.dev, 2026-09-24
Browser automationsupportedunconfirmed
“Scrape a page, then interact with it using AI prompts or code.”— firecrawl.dev, 2026-09-24
Document parsingsupportedunconfirmed
“Firecrawl can parse and output content from pdfs, docx, and more.”— firecrawl.dev, 2026-09-24
Web search with answerssupportedunconfirmed
“Search the web and get full page content from results”— github.com, 2026-09-24
unconfirmedproposed by a machine, awaiting calibration
Alternatives
- Crawl4AIOpen source, freeAlso does: Web scraping, Browser automation; runs offline
- Jina ReaderOpen source, freeAlso does: Web scraping, Document parsing, Web search with answers
- Firecrawl MCP ServerOpen source, freeAlso does: Web scraping, Browser automation, Document parsing
- Apify MCP ServerOpen source, freeAlso does: Web scraping, Browser automation
- Browser UseOpen source, freeAlso does: Browser automation, Web scraping; runs offline
- Exa MCP ServerOpen source, freeAlso does: Web search with answers, Web scraping
- Fetch MCP ServerOpen source, freeAlso does: Web scraping; runs offline
- ScrapeGraphAIOpen source, freeAlso does: Web scraping; runs offline
- SkyvernOpen source, freeAlso does: Browser automation, Web scraping
- Browserbase MCP ServerAlso does: Browser automation, Web scraping
- Tavily MCP ServerOpen source, freeAlso does: Web search with answers, Web scraping; runs offline
- AnythingLLMOpen source, freeAlso does: Web scraping, Web search with answers; runs offline; no code needed
Connections
Questions
What is Firecrawl?
Firecrawl is an open-source AI app from Firecrawl, launched in 2024, made for developers and businesses. An API that searches, crawls and scrapes websites into clean Markdown or structured data for AI.
Is Firecrawl free?
Yes. Firecrawl is open source (AGPL-3.0) and free to use.
Is Firecrawl open source?
Yes, under the AGPL-3.0 license. The source code is at https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl.
Can Firecrawl run locally?
Firecrawl can be self-hosted on your own server.
What can Firecrawl do?
Main jobs: Web scraping. It can also do: Browser automation, Document parsing, Web search with answers.
Who makes Firecrawl?
Firecrawl is made by Firecrawl.
What are open-source alternatives to Firecrawl?
Open-source ones: Crawl4AI, Jina Reader, Firecrawl MCP Server, Apify MCP Server, Browser Use, Exa MCP Server, Fetch MCP Server and ScrapeGraphAI. Others: Browserbase MCP Server.
Sources
- www.firecrawl.dev/checked 2026-09-24
- github.com/firecrawl/firecrawlchecked 2026-09-24
- firecrawl.dev