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perplexity-scraper: Capture brand mentions & competitor insights fast

Name: perplexity-scraper: Capture brand mentions & competitor insights fast
Author: oxylabs

Founders can monitor brand mentions, track rankings, and extract competitor data from Perplexity in minutes. Powered by Java, 3.0k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “Perplexity Scraper Track brand mentions, analyze rankings, and gain competitor intelligence from Perplexity. Get started in minutes.”

3,030 stars+2★ this week7 forksJavaGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 16Updated 9/16/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Perplexity Scraper helps startup founders track brand mentions, analyze rankings, and gain competitor intelligence from Perplexity in minutes.

When to use it

•You need to monitor your brand's online presence and reputation
•You want to analyze your competitors' strengths and weaknesses
•You need to inform your marketing strategy with data-driven insights

Ready-to-paste prompt

java -jar target/perplexity-scraper.jar --query=' startup founders' --limit=100

Heads up: You need to have a Perplexity API key and replace the placeholder in the application.properties file to use the scraper, as well as ensure you have Java 11 or higher installed

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🔑 Needs an API key

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

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/perplexity-scraper && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/perplexity-scraper/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/perplexity-scraper/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How perplexity-scraper: Capture brand mentions & competitor insights fast works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Perplexity-scraper: Capture brand mentions & competitor insights fast is a tiny Java project (~200 lines across 7 code files). Setup is light: small project — see the README for how to run it. Last commit a month ago, no license file, no tests found.

Size

Tiny codebase

~200 lines · 7 code files · 2 min skim

Setup

Light setup

Small project — see the README for how to run it.

Runs on

Java

No API keys detected

Java 29%C# 21%JavaScript 15%PHP 12%Go 11%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it

What's in each folder

Code examples/Folder9 files

READMENo tests foundThin docsNo CINo licenseUpdated 1 mo ago