Command-line
Scrape from your terminal
fastcrawl-cli turns any URL into clean, LLM-ready markdown. Zero dependencies (pure Python stdlib), free out of the box via the guest try endpoint, and it transparently upgrades to the full API when you set FASTCRAWL_API_KEY. Open source on GitHub.
Install
pip install fastcrawl-cli # or with uv uv tool install fastcrawl-cli
Use free — no key needed
The guest try endpoint needs no API key (10 requests/hr/IP). Perfect for quick checks and demos.
fastcrawl https://example.com # save the markdown to a file fastcrawl https://example.com -o page.md # full JSON (markdown + metadata) fastcrawl https://example.com --json
Use the full API
Set a key and the same command hits /api/v1/scrape — no rate limits, up to 2,000 free credits/mo.
export FASTCRAWL_API_KEY=fc_... fastcrawl https://example.com fastcrawl https://example.com --html
Options
API
Also usable as a Python library.
from fastcrawl_cli import scrape
result = scrape("https://example.com")
# {"success": True, "markdown": "...", "duration_ms": 87}