What is Crawlee for Python v1.0?
After months of development, polishing, and community feedback, Crawlee for Python is leaving beta and entering a production/stable development status. We are happy to announce Crawlee for Python v1.0.0. Check out all the new features and updates now!
Problem
Users building and maintaining reliable web crawlers face challenges with scalability, proxy management, and CAPTCHA handling, leading to frequent failures and high maintenance costs.
Solution
A web scraping and crawling library that enables developers to build production-ready crawlers with built-in proxy rotation, headless browser automation, and automatic scaling, simplifying data extraction at scale.
Customers
Developers and data engineers working on data collection projects, startups building web data pipelines, and enterprises requiring structured web data for analytics.
Unique Features
Open-source library supporting both Python/TypeScript, zero-config proxy rotation, automatic CAPTCHA bypass via third-party services, and Kubernetes-ready distributed crawling capabilities.
User Comments
Simplifies complex web scraping workflows
Robust handling of anti-bot measures
Clean Python API compared to alternatives
Essential for large-scale data projects
Active community support
Traction
5.2k GitHub stars, 240k monthly npm downloads for JavaScript version; Used by 2,500+ companies including Fortune 500 firms; Backed by Apify's $15.5M Series A funding
Market Size
The $2.1 billion web scraping tools market is projected to grow at 13.4% CAGR through 2030 (Grand View Research, 2023)
