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firecrawl – Scalable Web Scraping and Search API for Founders

Use firecrawl to quickly search, scrape, and interact with web data at any scale. Ideal for founders building AI agents, data pipelines, or content tools. 190k+ GitHub stars.
intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free (self-hosted)
190,001 stars+2,241★ this week10,077 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 9Install verified Oct 5Updated 10/10/2026100% free · open source
What it is

You use Firecrawl to search, scrape, and interact with the web data at scale.

Real use case example

"A founder wants to build an e-commerce website that compares prices of various products across different marketplaces. She uses Firecrawl to scrape product details from Amazon, analyzes the data, and then displays the information on her website, giving her customers a competitive edge."

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When to use it
  • •When you need to extract large amounts of data from websites
  • •When automating interactions with web applications is necessary
  • •When scaling web scraping tasks beyond manual capabilities is required
Ready-to-paste prompt
Search for all pages on example.com containing 'hello': `firecrawl.search('site:example.com hello')`
Heads up: Ensure you have a valid API key from the firecrawl dashboard, as it is required for initialization and authentication.
Saves to your device
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🔑 Needs an API key✓ Install verified 10/5/2026

Works after you add credentials — the setup agent will ask you for them.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/firecrawl && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/firecrawl/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/firecrawl/SKILL.md
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Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
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What's inside — free to inspect

No purchase needed

Read the entire source before you build — unlike paid marketplaces that hide it behind a buy button.

10
top-level files
9
folders
179.9M
source size
AGPL-3.0
license
Key files
AGENTS.md
README.md
File tree
.github/
apps/
examples/
firecrawl-cli/
firecrawl-cli-skills/
firecrawl-skills/
firecrawl-workflows/
img/
skills/
.gitattributes
.gitignore
.gitmodules
AGENTS.md
CLAUDE.md
CONTRIBUTING.md
docker-compose.yaml
LICENSE
README.md
SELF_HOST.md
Quick Actions
Details
Creator
firecrawl
Language
TypeScript
Category
devtools
Published
4/15/2024

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