What is this?
Maxun is an open-source no-code web data platform that turns any website into structured, reliable data: it handles extraction, crawling, scraping, search and AI-powered data extraction.
Maxun is an open-source no-code web data platform that turns any website into structured, reliable data: it handles extraction, crawling, scraping, search and AI-powered data extraction.Is it a hosted service I sign up for, or something I run myself?It is a self-hosted platform: a Node.js backend with a React web UI that ships with a docker-compose setup, plus a CLI and an SDK for programmatic use.
It is a self-hosted platform: a Node.js backend with a React web UI that ships with a docker-compose setup, plus a CLI and an SDK for programmatic use.How do I get it running?Clone the repo and launch it with docker-compose, or run from source: npm install, then npm run build:server and npm run start — that builds the TypeScript server and serves it together with the Vite client.
Clone the repo and launch it with docker-compose, or run from source: npm install, then npm run build:server and npm run start — that builds the TypeScript server and serves it together with the Vite client.Do I need to know how to code to build an extraction robot?No. In Recorder Mode you just browse and Maxun turns your actions into a reusable robot, while AI Mode takes a plain-language description of what you want and handles LLM-powered extraction for you.
No. In Recorder Mode you just browse and Maxun turns your actions into a reusable robot, while AI Mode takes a plain-language description of what you want and handles LLM-powered extraction for you.Is it safe to use commercially?The project is licensed under AGPLv3 and free to use, but the authors openly ask commercial users to give back by contributing to the project or sponsoring its development.
The project is licensed under AGPLv3 and free to use, but the authors openly ask commercial users to give back by contributing to the project or sponsoring its development.Can it parse documents like PDFs, or only live web pages?Yes. Document extraction uses native parsers for PDF, DOCX, XLSX and CSV, and OCR for scanned PDFs, JPG and PNG images. Results can come back as clean Markdown, HTML, links or a summary.
Yes. Document extraction uses native parsers for PDF, DOCX, XLSX and CSV, and OCR for scanned PDFs, JPG and PNG images. Results can come back as clean Markdown, HTML, links or a summary.Can developers drive it from their own code?Yes. The ecosystem includes an SDK covering scraping, extraction, scheduling and end-to-end data automation, plus a CLI for creating robots, triggering runs and retrieving extracted data from the terminal.
Yes. The ecosystem includes an SDK covering scraping, extraction, scheduling and end-to-end data automation, plus a CLI for creating robots, triggering runs and retrieving extracted data from the terminal.Why would I use Scrape instead of Extract?Scrape converts a full webpage into clean Markdown or HTML and can capture screenshots, which suits AI workflows, agents and document processing, while Extract targets specific structured fields on a page.
Scrape converts a full webpage into clean Markdown or HTML and can capture screenshots, which suits AI workflows, agents and document processing, while Extract targets specific structured fields on a page.What are similar projects?firecrawl, Scrapegraph-ai, Scrapling, deepcrawl, crawl4ai, reader, moli, crawlee
firecrawl, Scrapegraph-ai, Scrapling, deepcrawl, crawl4ai, reader, moli, crawleeWhich topics is it in?crawling, nocode, rpa, web-scraper, webscraping, web-search, data-extraction, scraper, crawler, no-code, agplv3, playwright
crawling, nocode, rpa, web-scraper, webscraping, web-search, data-extraction, scraper, crawler, no-code, agplv3, playwright