Camoufox vs Scrapling vs Crawl4AI

Side by side, as alternatives to Firecrawl Cloud. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Camoufoxdaijro/camoufox

ScraplingD4Vinci/Scrapling

Crawl4AIunclecode/crawl4ai

Firecrawl Cloudpaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

Free plan (1,000 credits a month, no card); Hobby $19/month billed monthly or $16/month billed annually; Standard, Growth, Scale and Enterprise tiers above source ↗

Crawl a site to Markdown

Partly

Yes

Scrape pages (JS-heavy and bot-protected)

Partly

Yes

Structured data extraction

Partly

Yes

Web search with page content

Yes

Jobs covered

1 of 4 jobs

2 of 4 jobs

3 of 4 jobs

All 4

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

12,684

88,890Top

85,936

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

88Top

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Latest release

v156.0.1-beta.36 · 2026-10-06

v0.5 · 2026-10-17Top

v0.9.5 · 2026-10-14

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Commits / 12 wk

122

194

117

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People committing / 12 mo

44+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

59 / 60

12 / 11

22 / 27

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Yes, Python or Node.js library that runs a local Firefox build

Yes, Python library on your machine; Docker image also published

Yes, in your Python process or a Docker server on your machine

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

MPL-2.0

BSD-3-Clause

Apache-2.0 plus an added attribution requirement

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Model weights licenceDiffers

No separate model weights

No separate model weights; LLM extraction uses the provider you connect

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Commercial useDiffers

Yes; MPL-2.0 allows commercial use, changes to MPL files must stay open

Yes, BSD-3-Clause; README disclaimer frames it as for educational and research purposes

Yes, with the attribution required by the LICENSE file

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Paid services needed?Differs

A local package/browser installation is documented without a paid API key. Paid proxy services are optional integrations, not a verified universal requirement.

None required; proxies optional

None required; LLM extraction optional (local Ollama or paid APIs), Crawl4AI Cloud optional

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

Linux virtual/Xvfb mode supports software rendering without a GPU. No numerical RAM minimum verified.

Not documented; browser fetchers run Chromium

Docker server: at least 4 GB RAM for the container (more for heavy use); no CPU or disk figures

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Operating systemsDiffers

Windows, macOS and Linux browser builds (x86_64; ARM64 on macOS and Linux)

Spider documentation explicitly covers Linux/macOS (uvloop) and Windows (winloop) for the optional accelerated event loop; individual browser-fetcher dependencies still need installation

Official installation guide includes Ubuntu-specific Playwright dependency instructions; Windows and macOS support are not confirmed in the reviewed installation pages

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Setup effortDiffers

Easy; pip install or npm install

Easy, pip install scrapling; browser fetchers need the fetchers extra and scrapling install

Easy, pip install crawl4ai then crawl4ai-setup to install the browser

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Stars over time

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Camoufox vs Scrapling vs Crawl4AI (as alternatives to Firecrawl Cloud)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=camoufox,scrapling,crawl4ai&product=firecrawl-cloud

Firecrawl Cloud: Free plan (1,000 credits a month, no card); Hobby $19/month billed monthly or $16/month billed annually; Standard, Growth, Scale and Enterprise tiers above
Camoufox: free software; does 1 of 4 Firecrawl Cloud jobs
Scrapling: free software; does 2 of 4 Firecrawl Cloud jobs
Crawl4AI: free software; does 3 of 4 Firecrawl Cloud jobs

- Camoufox: 12,684 GitHub stars, 122 commits in 12 weeks, licence MPL-2.0
- Scrapling: 88,890 GitHub stars, 194 commits in 12 weeks, licence BSD-3-Clause
- Crawl4AI: 85,936 GitHub stars, 117 commits in 12 weeks, licence Apache-2.0 plus an added attribution requirement

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: Camoufox Yes, Python or Node.js library that runs a local Firefox build; Scrapling Yes, Python library on your machine; Docker image also published; Crawl4AI Yes, in your Python process or a Docker server on your machine
- Code licence: Camoufox MPL-2.0; Scrapling BSD-3-Clause; Crawl4AI Apache-2.0 plus an added attribution requirement
- Model weights licence: Camoufox No separate model weights; Scrapling No separate model weights; Crawl4AI No separate model weights; LLM extraction uses the provider you connect
- Commercial use: Camoufox Yes; MPL-2.0 allows commercial use, changes to MPL files must stay open; Scrapling Yes, BSD-3-Clause; README disclaimer frames it as for educational and research purposes; Crawl4AI Yes, with the attribution required by the LICENSE file
- Paid services needed?: Camoufox A local package/browser installation is documented without a paid API key. Paid proxy services are optional integrations, not a verified universal requirement.; Scrapling None required; proxies optional; Crawl4AI None required; LLM extraction optional (local Ollama or paid APIs), Crawl4AI Cloud optional
- Hardware: Camoufox Linux virtual/Xvfb mode supports software rendering without a GPU. No numerical RAM minimum verified.; Scrapling Not documented; browser fetchers run Chromium; Crawl4AI Docker server: at least 4 GB RAM for the container (more for heavy use); no CPU or disk figures
- Operating systems: Camoufox Windows, macOS and Linux browser builds (x86_64; ARM64 on macOS and Linux); Scrapling Spider documentation explicitly covers Linux/macOS (uvloop) and Windows (winloop) for the optional accelerated event loop; individual browser-fetcher dependencies still need installation; Crawl4AI Official installation guide includes Ubuntu-specific Playwright dependency instructions; Windows and macOS support are not confirmed in the reviewed installation pages
- Setup effort: Camoufox Easy; pip install or npm install; Scrapling Easy, pip install scrapling; browser fetchers need the fetchers extra and scrapling install; Crawl4AI Easy, pip install crawl4ai then crawl4ai-setup to install the browser

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Numbers: GitHub, fetched nightly. Facts: read from each project's own documentation, with the source on its page. How we check. daijro/camoufox ↗D4Vinci/Scrapling ↗unclecode/crawl4ai ↗

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