- PyPI: bash pip install crawl4ai==0.9.4
- Docker: bash docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.9.4 docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
- Note: Docker images are being built and will be available shortly. Check the Docker Release workflow for build status.
Crawl4AI by Crawl4AI
An open-source web crawler and scraper that turns any website into clean, LLM-ready Markdown, run on your own machine or through Crawl4AI Cloud.
Agent tooling for cost, context and memory
New · Added to AgentGid on Oct 8, 2026Web crawler for LLMsOpen source · Apache-2.0Free to start
Price
Free (OSS)
free and open source
Popularity
Top 10 in Agent tooling
Gid Score 55 / 100 · #35 of 283 overall
Trend
Slowing down
usage down 6.5% over 30 days
Development
Updated recently
latest 0.9.4, 16d ago
Community
85K GitHub stars
351K package downloads a week
What Crawl4AI does
Key facts
| Maker | Crawl4AI |
|---|---|
| Type | Web crawler for LLMs |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Interfaces | Python library, Docker, REST API |
| Main language | Python |
| Open issues and PRs | 232 |
Pricing
Free and open source to self-host. Crawl4AI Cloud is pay as you go with $10, $25 and $100 credit packs.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Quick answers
- Free to start?Yes
- Open source?Yes (Apache-2.0)
- Where you use itPython library, Docker, REST API
- Closest alternativeLiteLLM · all alternatives
Get started with Crawl4AI
| PyPI | pip install crawl4ai |
|---|
These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Crawl4AI works with
Crawl4AI alternatives
Best Crawl4AI alternatives compared · All agent tooling for cost, context and memory
| # | Agent | Gid Score | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | VS Code installs | Stars | Latest release | Price | ||
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| 8 |
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73 | 23.1M | up 1.8% | — | — | 60.4K+60/day | 1.104.2yesterday | Free (OSS) | ||
| 14 |
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63 | 2.7M | down 3.5% | down 5.6% | — | 190K+368/day | 2.11.03mo ago | Free + $16/mo | ||
| 15 |
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63 | 8.7M | up 11.2% | down 1.9% | — | 35.5K+39/day | 4.55.0yesterday | Free (OSS) | ||
| 21 |
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60 | 3.7M | up 2.6% | up 13.7% | — | 14.2K+24/day | 2.53.13d ago | Free + $150/mo | ||
| 34 |
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55 | 1.7M | up 8.4% | up 33.7% | — | 30.5K+16/day | 0.13.010d ago | Free + $29/mo | ||
| 63 |
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47 | 692K | up 4.8% | down 29.9% | — | 66.8K+63/day | 3.3.114d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
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Crawl4AI news
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25 agents added to AgentGid
LiteLLM, Firecrawl, Langfuse, E2B, Composio, Crawl4AI, Mem0, Repomix, CodeGPT, Context7, Phoenix, Headroom and 13 more
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Crawl4AI downloads up 31% in a week
361K npm and PyPI downloads in the 7 days to Sep 30, against 276K the week before.
What changed: recent Crawl4AI releases
3 stable releases in the last 90 days · Full changelog
- PyPI: bash pip install crawl4ai==0.9.3
- Docker: bash docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.9.3 docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
- Note: Docker images are being built and will be available shortly. Check the Docker Release workflow for build status.
- PyPI: bash pip install crawl4ai==0.9.2
- Docker: bash docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.9.2 docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
- Note: Docker images are being built and will be available shortly. Check the Docker Release workflow for build status.
- PyPI: bash pip install crawl4ai==0.9.1
- Docker: bash docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.9.1 docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
- Note: Docker images are being built and will be available shortly. Check the Docker Release workflow for build status.
- PyPI: bash pip install crawl4ai==0.9.0
- Docker: bash docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.9.0 docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
- Note: Docker images are being built and will be available shortly. Check the Docker Release workflow for build status.
- PyPI: bash pip install crawl4ai==0.8.9
- Docker: bash docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:0.8.9 docker pull unclecode/crawl4ai:latest
- Note: Docker images are being built and will be available shortly. Check the Docker Release workflow for build status.
Crawl4AI popularity and usage data
Crawl4AI was downloaded 351K times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 6, 2026, up 5.9% on the week before and down 6.5% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 85K stars, 3,229 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.9.4, published Sep 23, 2026; there were 1 stable releases in the past 30 days.
Download the raw daily series: crawl4ai.csv
Gid Score breakdown
Adoption57
Community80
Attention—
Momentum44
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
Crawl4AI FAQ
How much does Crawl4AI cost?
Free and open source to self-host. Crawl4AI Cloud is pay as you go with $10, $25 and $100 credit packs.
Is Crawl4AI open source?
Yes. Crawl4AI is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is Crawl4AI?
Crawl4AI was downloaded 351K times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 6, 2026, up 5.9% on the week before and down 6.5% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 85K stars, 3,229 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.9.4, published Sep 23, 2026; there were 1 stable releases in the past 30 days.
What is the latest version of Crawl4AI?
The latest stable release we track is 0.9.4, published on Sep 23, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Crawl4AI?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Gid Score are LiteLLM, Firecrawl, Langfuse, E2B.
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Where these numbers come from
PyPI: crawl4ai. GitHub: unclecode/crawl4ai. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: github.com, crawl4ai.com, docs.crawl4ai.com.