{"repo":"ioi-labs/molx","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/ioi-labs/molx","clone":"git clone https://github.com/ioi-labs/molx.git","description":"Open-source, self-hosted alternative to Firecrawl. Scrape, search, batch-process, and LLM-enrich web content through a simple HTTP API.","language":"Go","stars":16,"topics":["firecrawl-alternative","scraper","web-search"],"license":null,"category":"scrapers-browser-automation","readme_excerpt":"Molx — Self-Hosted Firecrawl Alternative Open-source web scraping API that turns any page into clean markdown, HTML, text, links, or structured JSON. Scrape, search, batch-process, and enrich content with LLMs — on your own infrastructure. Runs lean: idle around 3 MB, typical workload around 7 MB. --- What is Molx? Molx is a self-hosted, open-source alternative to Firecrawl. It is a simple HTTP service that fetches web pages through a headless browser, extracts clean structured data, and returns it as markdown, HTML, plain text, links, or metadata. Molx can also search the web natively — no external SearXNG instance required — and optionally scrape every search result. With the enrich endpoint, you can pipe scraped content into any OpenAI-compatible LLM and extract structured JSON using a JSON Schema. Built on top of Obscura for headless browser rendering. Web search runs through Brave, DuckDuckGo, and Startpage. --- Why choose Molx over Firecrawl? Molx Firecrawl --- --- --- Hosting Self-hosted on your own server or cloud Managed SaaS Data privacy Your data never leaves your infrastructure Sent to vendor infrastructure Cost control No per-credit billing; run on your own hardware Usage-based paid plans Memory footprint Idle 3 MB, working 7 MB Larger managed runtime Web search Native Brave, DuckDuckGo, Startpage support Available on some plans LLM enrichment Any OpenAI-compatible provider Built-in or provider-specific Deployment Single Docker container or Go binary Managed only","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/ioi-labs","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/ioi-labs/molx/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}