Crawl4AI

🚀🤖 Crawl4AI: Open-source LLM Friendly Web Crawler & Scraper.

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🚀 Crawl4AI Cloud API — Closed Beta (Launching Soon)

Reliable, large-scale web extraction, now built to be drastically more cost-effective than any of the existing solutions.

👉 Apply here for early access
We’ll be onboarding in phases and working closely with early users. Limited slots.

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Crawl4AI turns the web into clean, LLM ready Markdown for RAG, agents, and data pipelines. Fast, controllable, battle tested by a 50k+ star community.

✨ Check out latest update v0.8.6

✨ New in v0.8.6: Security hotfix — replaced litellm with unclecode-litellm due to a PyPI supply chain compromise. If you're on v0.8.5, please upgrade immediately.

✨ Recent v0.8.5: Anti-Bot Detection, Shadow DOM & 60+ Bug Fixes! Automatic 3-tier anti-bot detection with proxy escalation, Shadow DOM flattening, deep crawl cancellation, config defaults API, consent popup removal, and critical security patches. Release notes →

✨ Previous v0.8.0: Crash Recovery & Prefetch Mode! Deep crawl crash recovery with resume_state and on_state_change callbacks for long-running crawls. New prefetch=True mode for 5-10x faster URL discovery. Release notes →

✨ Previous v0.7.8: Stability & Bug Fix Release! 11 bug fixes addressing Docker API issues, LLM extraction improvements, URL handling fixes, and dependency updates. Release notes →

<details> <summary>🤓 <strong>My Personal Story</strong></summary>

I grew up on an Amstrad, thanks to my dad, and never stopped building. In grad school I specialized in NLP and built crawlers for research. That’s where I learned how much extraction matters.

In 2023, I needed web-to-Markdown. The “open source” option wanted an account, API token, and $16, and still under-delivered. I went turbo anger mode, built Crawl4AI in days, and it went viral. Now it’s the most-starred crawler on GitHub.

I made it open source for availability, anyone can use it without a gate. Now I’m building the platform for affordability, anyone can run serious crawls without breaking the bank. If that resonates, join in, send feedback, or just crawl something amazing.

</details> <details> <summary>Why developers pick Crawl4AI</summary>

• LLM ready output, smart Markdown with headings, tables, code, citation hints
• Fast in practice, async browser pool, caching, minimal hops
• Full control, sessions, proxies, cookies, user scripts, hooks
• Adaptive intelligence, learns site patterns, explores only what matters
• Deploy anywhere, zero keys, CLI and Docker, cloud friendly

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Install Crawl4AI:

# Install the package
pip install -U crawl4ai

# For pre release versions
pip install crawl4ai --pre

# Run post-installation setup
crawl4ai-setup

# Verify your installation
crawl4ai-doctor

If you encounter any browser-related issues, you can install them manually:

python -m playwright install --with-deps chromium

1. Run a simple web crawl with Python:

import asyncio
from crawl4ai import *

async def main():
    async with AsyncWebCrawler() as crawler:
        result = await crawler.arun(
            url="https://www.nbcnews.com/business",
        )
        print(result.markdown)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

1. Or use the new command-line interface:

# Basic crawl with markdown output
crwl https://www.nbcnews.com/business -o markdown

# Deep crawl with BFS strategy, max 10 pages
crwl https://docs.crawl4ai.com --deep-crawl bfs --max-pages 10

# Use LLM extraction with a specific question
crwl https://www.example.com/products -q "Extract all product prices"

💖 Support Crawl4AI

🎉 Sponsorship Program Now Open! After powering 51K+ developers and 1 year of growth, Crawl4AI is launching dedicated support for startups and enterprises. Be among the first 50 Founding Sponsors for permanent recognition in our Hall of Fame.

Crawl4AI is the #1 trending open-source web crawler on GitHub. Your support keeps it independent, innovative, and free for the community — while giving you direct access to premium benefits.

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🤝 Sponsorship Tiers

• 🌱 Believer ($5/mo) — Join the movement for data democratization
• 🚀 Builder ($50/mo) — Priority support & early access to features
• 💼 Growing Team ($500/mo) — Bi-weekly syncs & optimization help
• 🏢 Data Infrastructure Partner ($2000/mo) — Full partnership with dedicated support
  Custom arrangements available - see SPONSORS.md for details & contact

Why sponsor?
No rate-limited APIs. No lock-in. Build and own your data pipeline with direct guidance from the creator of Crawl4AI.

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✨ Features

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