us/crw — Fast, lightweight Firecrawl alternative in Rust.

Description and use

us/crw is a fast, lightweight Rust implementation that serves as a drop‑in replacement for Firecrawl, offering a unified API for scraping, crawling, and searching (compatible with /v1/scrape, /v1/crawl, /v1/search). It runs as a single binary, uses only about 6 MB of RAM, and delivers up to 2.3× the speed of Tavily and 1.5× the speed of Firecrawl on 1,000‑URL benchmarks, making it ideal for AI agents that need a low‑overhead, self‑hosted or managed search backend.

Problem

us/crw helps connect AI assistants to real tools and data through a standard protocol.

Outcome

Medium: useful for prototypes or internal workflows, with dependency and maintenance checks before production.

Workflow

• connect AI agents to tools
• ship Model Context Protocol servers
• standardize integrations

Evidence

Fast, lightweight Firecrawl alternative in Rust. Web scraper, crawler & search API with MCP server for AI agents. Drop-in Firecrawl-compatible API (/v1/scrape, /v1/crawl, /v1/search). 2.3x faster than Tavily, 1.5x faster than Firecrawl in 1K-URL benchmarks. 6 MB RAM, single binary. Self-host or use managed cloud.

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