Node and Python crawling library with built-in anti-blocking
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What is Crawlee?
Crawlee is a crawling and scraping library for Node and Python from Apify. It ships with request queuing, session pooling, and anti-blocking helpers, so more of the hard parts are built in than with a bare framework.
Our verdict
A strong pick for JavaScript teams who want anti-blocking behavior without wiring it together themselves. The Node story is more mature than the newer Python port.
Categories:
Crawling frameworks give engineering teams full control over their pipeline: where it runs, how it scales, and what it collects. The trade is that anti-bot work and infrastructure become your problem rather than a vendor's, which is why they pair well with a proxy network.
Handles proxies, browsers, and CAPTCHAs behind one endpoint
Freemium·Jul 2026·Web Scraping APIs
Mature Python framework for building and running your own crawlers
Free·Jul 2026·Crawling Frameworks
How Crawlee compares
ScrapyScrapy is the mature Python-first alternative when your team lives in Python and wants the reference crawling framework.
