crw

What it does

See the full API →

Why fastCRW

On Firecrawl's own public 1,000-URL dataset, fastCRW recovered more truth than Crawl4AI and Firecrawl, matched the fastest median latency, and idled at ~14 MB RAM.

Methodology, full numbers, and how to reproduce it

On a different benchmark entirely, answer accuracy rather than scrape recall, fastCRW answers 90.0% of the 600 AA-Omniscience questions correctly. Every product listed on the Artificial Analysis Search Index sits below it.

The full 14-product comparison, the control run, and how to reproduce it

Choose how you use it

CLI

crw https://example.com            # scrape, works right after install
crw search "rust async runtime"    # search, after `crw setup`

Python SDK

Using Cloud? Get an API key, then export it once:

export CRW_API_KEY="crw_live_..."
pip install crw

from crw import CrwClient

client = CrwClient()
page = client.scrape("https://example.com", formats=["markdown"])

print(page["markdown"])

Node.js

npm install crw-sdk

import { CrwClient } from "crw-sdk";

const client = new CrwClient();

const page = await client.scrape("https://example.com", {
  formats: ["markdown"],
});

console.log(page.markdown);

Local mode and more SDK examples → · REST API →

MCP for AI agents

npx -y crw-mcp@latest install

Installs the CRW skill and MCP server in your detected AI tools. crw setup can also do this step, so either path is enough. Manual setup →

Choose where it runs

Capabilities and response shapes can differ by deployment: /v1/capabilities · response shapes

Self-hosting guide →

Learn more

• Quickstart
• API reference
• Benchmarks
• Firecrawl migration
• Self-hosting

Contributing

The workspace requires Rust 1.85 or newer:

git clone https://github.com/fastcrw/crw
cd crw
make check-fast

Read the contributor guide →

Contributors

crw is better because of these people. Thank you, all of you:

Engine and MCP server: AGPL-3.0. Python and TypeScript SDKs: MIT. Embedding license: hello@fastcrw.com.

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