Open Source Import.io AlternativesWeb Scraping Tools and other similar apps like Import.io

The best open source alternative to Import.io is Scrapy. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Import.io and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Import.io are UI.Vision RPA, Portia, Apify and PhantomBuster.

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  1. Scrapy icon
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    Scrapy is a free and open-source web-crawling framework written in Python. Originally designed for web scraping, it can also be used to extract data using APIs or as a general-purpose web crawler. It was developed and is maintained by Zyte formerly Scrapinghub, a web-scraping...

    127 Scrapy alternatives

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    • Since 2015

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  2. UI.Vision RPA icon
     122 likes

    Open-source task and test automation tool and Selenium IDE. The UI.Vision RPA software is a browser extension that can do desktop automation as well! Use it for web automation, form filling, screen scraping and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

    160 UI.Vision RPA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  3. Portia icon
     63 likes

    Portia is an open source visual scraping tool, allows you to scrape websites without any programming knowledge required! Simply annotate pages you're interested in, and Portia will create a spider to extract data from similar pages.

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    • Since 2016

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Vagrant
    • Docker
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  4. Apify icon
     19 likes

    Cloud platform enabling automated data extraction, web crawling, and browser workflow automation using reusable acts, headless browser support, advanced scheduling, persistent storage, API integrations, modular design and scalable resource management.

    144 Apify alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2016

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    • Online
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  5. PhantomBuster icon
     3 likes

    PhantomBuster offers no-code, multi-platform bots compatible with major sites like LinkedIn and Twitter for web scraping and lead generation. Cloud APIs ensure seamless integration, boosting productivity and supporting custom API creation for bespoke automation solutions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  6. ScraperAPI icon
     4 likes

    ScraperAPI enables easy scalable web scraping by managing IP rotation, headless browsers, and CAPTCHAs, simplifying data extraction from eCommerce, SERP, social media, real estate, travel sites, and reviews. Developers enjoy a streamlined experience by providing just a URL to receive HTML pages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. artoo.js icon
     4 likes

    artoo.js is a piece of JavaScript code meant to be run in your browser's console to provide you with some scraping utilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
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  8. Scraperr icon
     1 like

    Scraperr is a self-hosted web application that allows users to scrape data from web pages by specifying elements via XPath. Users can submit URLs and the corresponding elements to be scraped, and the results will be displayed in a table.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Flyscrape icon
     6 likes

    Flyscrape is a standalone and scriptable web scraper, combining the speed of Go with the flexibility of JavaScript. — Focus on data extraction rather than request juggling.

    71 Flyscrape alternatives

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    • Since 2023

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Lookyloo icon
     5 likes

    Lookyloo is a web interface that allows users to capture a website page and then display a tree of domains that call each other.

    62 Lookyloo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  11. microlink.io icon
     4 likes

    A browser as API. Extract structured data from any website. Enter a URL, receive information. Get relevant information from any link & easily create beautiful previews. Take a screenshot of any website. Turns any website into a PDF.

    50 microlink.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  12.  2 likes

    Take the hassle out of web scraping with the open source morph.io scraping platform. With all the power so you can scrape anything, anywhere.

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    • Since 2015

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    • Online
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