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Avalonia vs llm-scraper
Avalonia has 31,530 GitHub stars, 2,825 forks, 1,875 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. llm-scraper has 6,936 stars, 454 forks, 9 open issues and last shipped 11 days ago. Avalonia leads on adoption by 355% (31,530 vs 6,936 stars). Avalonia is written in C# under MIT; llm-scraper is written in TypeScript under MIT. Avalonia has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, llm-scraper 7%. Avalonia was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (browser), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Avalonia | llm-scraper | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 6.9K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | C# | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.8K | ⑂ 454 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Avalonia if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick llm-scraper if
- You want the llm-scraper feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and llm-scraper fits your workflow better
About Avalonia
Avalonia is a cross platform UI framework for .NET, written in C and driven by XAML. It provides a flexible styling system and targets a wide range of platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and WebAssembly. The project is mature and production ready, and it is used by companies such as Schneider Electric, Unity, JetBrains and GitHub. It lives in the .NET ecosystem and is distributed through the NuGet package manager.
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About llm-scraper
LLM Scraper is an MIT licensed TypeScript library that turns any webpage into structured data by combining Playwright with a large language model, built for developers who want typed, schema shaped extraction instead of hand written selectors.
read the full llm-scraper overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Avalonia or llm-scraper more popular?
Avalonia has 31,530 GitHub stars and llm-scraper has 6,936. Avalonia has the larger community by that measure.
Are Avalonia and llm-scraper free?
Both are open source. Avalonia is licensed under MIT and llm-scraper under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Avalonia and llm-scraper?
Avalonia is written in C# and llm-scraper in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Avalonia or llm-scraper?
Choose Avalonia if you want the larger community (31,530 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose llm-scraper if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.