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 14 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...

    106 Scrapy alternatives

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  2. UI.Vision RPA icon
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    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).

    144 UI.Vision RPA alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  3. Portia icon
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    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.

    86 Portia alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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  4. Apify icon
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    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.

    109 Apify alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  5. PhantomBuster icon
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    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.

    102 PhantomBuster alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  6. Scraperr icon
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    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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
     
  8. ScraperAPI icon
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    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.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Flyscrape icon
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    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.

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

    61 Lookyloo alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    • Online
     
  11. microlink.io icon
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    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.

    41 microlink.io alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. Dataflow Kit icon
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    Extract information from web sites with a visual point-and-click toolkit. Turn websites into useful data. Automate data workflows on the web, process, and transform data at any scale.

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