# Firecrawl

Firecrawl is an open-source web scraping API that searches, scrapes, and maps websites into clean markdown and structured JSON, giving AI developers LLM-ready data without managing proxies or browser automation. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Proxmox.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/7297/firecrawl

## Description

Firecrawl is an open-source web scraping API that searches, scrapes, and maps websites into clean markdown and structured JSON, giving AI developers LLM-ready data without managing proxies or browser automation.

## Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms: Proxmox.

## Health score

80/100 (Excellent), based on 4 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 100 (last commit 0 days ago)
- Popular: 100 (195,273 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 25 (1 install platform, install notes)
- Light to run: 70 (1 GB minimum RAM)

## Links

- Proxmox: https://community-scripts.github.io/ProxmoxVE/scripts?id=firecrawl
- Official website: https://www.firecrawl.dev/
- Documentation: https://docs.firecrawl.dev
- GitHub: https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl

## Common questions

### How should I start a self-hosted Firecrawl deployment?

Self-host it with Docker Compose.

### What should I check before running the self-hosted stack in production?

Verify a local scrape, understand the open-source limits, and prepare the stack for production.

### What security benefit can self-hosting provide?

Self-hosting can keep data handling within controlled environments for organizations with stringent security policies.

## Alternatives

- Agent Reach

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