{"data":{"slug":"firecrawl","name":"Firecrawl","tagline":"AGPL-3.0 OSS + cloud scrape API — LLM-ready pages","category":"agents","categoryName":"AI Agents","url":"https://www.firecrawl.dev/","github":"https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl","pricing":"freemium","hook":"Firecrawl is the scrape/crawl API that returns LLM-ready markdown — self-host the AGPL engine or burn cloud credits.","whatsGood":"AGPL-3.0 core (firecrawl/firecrawl; org moved from mendableai). Scrape/crawl/map/search APIs aimed at agents and RAG. Cloud Free plan: 1,000 credits/mo (~1k basic pages), no card (firecrawl.dev/pricing). Self-host path exists for the OSS engine. Massive adoption (~181k★).","theCatch":"AGPL-3.0 on the open engine — network copyleft if you modify and offer it as a service. cloud: Free is only 1k credits/mo with low concurrency; Hobby starts ~$16–19/mo for 5k credits — past that you pay. Vs Scrapling/Crawl4AI (self-run libraries) and Agent Reach (zero-API-fee eyes CLI): Firecrawl is API-first with a metered cloud; self-host trades SaaS bill for AGPL+ops. Distinct from Scrapling/Crawl4AI — do not treat as the same card.","verdict":"AGPL+cloud scrape API. Freemium credits vs Scrapling/Crawl4AI self-run; license and Free-tier limits are loud.","addedAt":"2026-09-16","featured":false,"domain":"AI Agents","subSpecialty":"Agents","subcategory":"Scraping for LLMs","tags":["api","self-host","free-tier","copyleft","scraping","active","fast-stars"],"capabilities":["api"],"surfaces":["API","Self-host","Hosted"],"ecosystem":["Multi-platform"],"licenseModel":"Freemium","githubStars":192854,"starsPerWeek":1471,"access":"free","archived":false,"repo":{"createdAt":"2024-04-15","pushedAt":"2026-10-19","license":"AGPL-3.0","archived":false,"checkedAt":"2026-10-19"}},"related":[{"slug":"claude-code","name":"Claude Code","tagline":"Terminal-first coding agent with deep repository context"},{"slug":"cursor","name":"Cursor","tagline":"The AI-first code editor that understands your codebase"},{"slug":"devin","name":"Devin","tagline":"Autonomous AI engineer for defined engineering tasks"},{"slug":"stagehand","name":"Stagehand","tagline":"AI-native browser automation that mixes code and natural language"},{"slug":"browser-use","name":"Browser Use","tagline":"Open-source framework for LLM-driven browser agents"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/firecrawl","html":"/gems/firecrawl","markdown":"/gems/firecrawl.md","category":"/api/gems?category=agents","categoryPage":"/stacks/agents"}}