Crawl4AI
ππ€ Crawl4AI, Open-source LLM-Friendly Web Crawler & Scraper
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Our verdict
An open-source, Apache-2.0 crawler that turns pages into LLM-ready Markdown with no key and no per-page fee when you run it yourself; the servers and the bot walls are yours to handle.
Crawl4AI’s own description: “ππ€ Crawl4AI, Open-source LLM-Friendly Web Crawler & Scraper.” It is built in Python. It has 79,367 stars and 91 contributors, and it was pushed to within the last few weeks. The Apache-2.0 licence puts no real constraint on commercial use. The most recent tagged release is v0.9.2, from 2026-07-15. Figures come from the GitHub API on 2026-08-26 and refresh daily.
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Repository
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Python
- Last push
- 2026-08-25
Releases
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v0.9.2Release v0.9.2 -
v0.9.1Release v0.9.1 -
v0.9.0Release v0.9.0 -
v0.8.9Release v0.8.9 -
v0.8.8Release v0.8.8 -
v0.8.7Release v0.8.7
Pros and cons
Pros
Pricing
- Free tierNo
- LicenceApache-2.0
- Self-hostYes, source is public
- Public price listNot published
Crawl4AI does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales. Why we do this
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What users actually say
- Getting Crawl4AI to work? Reddit · 2025
- Browser-use vs Crawl4ai Reddit · 2025
- Crawl4AI auto-generated schemas for large-scale news … Reddit · 2025
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawl4AI this page | 7.7 | - | - | Engineering teams with their own servers who want… | |
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Questions
Is Crawl4AI free?
We found no free tier or trial advertised on Crawl4AI’s own site. Check the vendor’s pricing page, since this can change.
How much does Crawl4AI cost?
Crawl4AI does not publish pricing openly, which usually means it is quote-based. You will need to contact the vendor.
Is Crawl4AI open source?
Yes. Crawl4AI is a public repository released under Apache-2.0. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.
How is Crawl4AI scored here?
Crawl4AI scores 7.7 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.