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Firecrawl vs Leek

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted automation & workflows options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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FI Firecrawl Turn websites into clean data for AI applications VS LE Leek Monitoring and issue detection for Celery task queues
FeatureFirecrawlLeek
CategoryAutomation & WorkflowsAutomation & Workflows
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM2,048 MB512 MB
Deploymentdocker, sourcedocker
GitHub stars★ 162,961★ 205
First released20242020
ReplacesApifyFlower

Why pick each one

Choose Firecrawl if…

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 163k GitHub stars
  • Written in TypeScript
Firecrawl details

Choose Leek if…

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
Leek details

Frequently asked questions

Is Firecrawl or Leek better?

Neither is universally better. Firecrawl has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Firecrawl and Leek free and open-source?

Yes. Firecrawl is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Leek under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Firecrawl and Leek with Docker?

Firecrawl: yes. Leek: yes.

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