# Firecrawl

> API that turns web pages into Markdown or JSON for agents and apps

- Category: Agents & dev (`agents`)
- Tags: `free`, `open-source`, `mcp`
- Official: https://www.firecrawl.dev/
- Docs: https://docs.firecrawl.dev/
- See also: https://www.firecrawl.dev/crawl
- Wunderlust: https://wunderlust.xyz/r/firecrawl
- Image: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/firecrawl-poster.jpg
- Video preview: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/firecrawl.webm
- Added: 2026-11-05

## What it is

Firecrawl is a web data API for AI agents and LLM apps. It handles search, scrape, crawl, URL mapping, document parsing and browser automation.

## What it’s for

For feeding agents and apps with site content, such as extracting a page's branding or enriching leads.

## Benefits

- Converts pages into clean Markdown or structured JSON
- Crawl, URL mapping, search and change monitoring
- API, SDKs (Python, Node.js, Go, Rust), CLI and MCP server

## Caveats

- Open source and self-hostable; the license isn't detailed on the page.
- Free plan with 1,000 credits per month; paid plans run from US$ 19 to US$ 749 per month, according to the page.
- The source videos include promotion; claims about cost and conversion are promotional and weren't verified.

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