Scrapy

High-level, asynchronous web crawling & scraping framework with spiders, pipelines, middlewares, and selectors.

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⭐ 62,045 stars⬇ 1.5M downloads/wkFirst release: Dec 2009Last release: May 2026
Async Support: YesPlugin Extensions: HighSpeed: Very fastDoc Quality: HighLearning Curve: Medium

Pros

  • Async, production-ready crawling with Twisted; scales well
  • Strong community, examples, and docs
  • Built-in selectors (parsel) & robust middleware system

Cons

  • Heavier setup than simple parsers
  • Learning curve for full framework concepts
  • Overkill for small one-off parses

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