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Huntsman
Huntsman: Self-hosted web scraper that turns any web page into clean Markdown for LLMs and search.
Huntsman is a small, self-hosted web scraper that turns any web page into clean Markdown for large language models and search engines. It renders JavaScript with Lightpanda, strips ads, trackers, and cookie banners using EasyList filters, and serves a Firecrawl-compatible API from a single Go binary and container. The software handles single URLs, batches up to 1,000 URLs, and whole-site crawls using a SQLite-backed queue. It blocks private and loopback addresses, obeys robots.txt, and supports bearer token authentication. Huntsman is designed for developers who need to scrape web pages efficiently without heavy dependencies like Redis or Chrome.
Huntsman at a glance
- Best for: Software engineer
- Runs on: self-hosted, Linux, Docker
- Pricing: Free
- Released: October 2026
- Category: AI research tool
- Website: github.com/tulipfarm/huntsman
Key features
- Renders JavaScript with Lightpanda
- Strips ads, trackers, and cookie banners
- Serves a Firecrawl-compatible /v1/scrape API
- Processes batches of up to 1,000 URLs
- Runs whole-site crawls with a SQLite-backed queue
- Blocks private and loopback addresses
- Obeys robots.txt rules
- Supports bearer token authentication
Use it for
- Scraping web pages into clean Markdown for LLMs
- Queueing and processing batch URL scraping
- Executing whole-site crawls
- Serving a drop-in Firecrawl-compatible API
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