---
title: "Crawlee Web Crawling and Scraping Library by Apify"
description: "Crawlee is Apify’s open source crawling and scraping framework for Node.js. It unifies HTTP scraping and browser automation, adds queues, storage, retries, proxies, and lets developers switch between Playwright, Puppeteer, Cheerio, and JSDOM without rebuilding the whole pipeline."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/apify/crawlee"
category:
  - "Research & Scraping"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "apify/crawlee"
  github_stars: 22714
---

# Crawlee Web Crawling and Scraping Library by Apify

Crawlee is Apify’s open source crawling and scraping framework for Node.js. It unifies HTTP scraping and browser automation, adds queues, storage, retries, proxies, and lets developers switch between Playwright, Puppeteer, Cheerio, and JSDOM without rebuilding the whole pipeline.

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/crawlee-web-crawling-and-scraping-library-by-apify/)