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obscura vs llm-scraper
obscura has 27,406 GitHub stars, 2,011 forks, 134 open issues and last shipped yesterday. llm-scraper has 6,936 stars, 454 forks, 9 open issues and last shipped 10 days ago. obscura leads on adoption by 295% (27,406 vs 6,936 stars). obscura is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; llm-scraper is written in TypeScript under MIT. obscura has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, llm-scraper 7%. obscura was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 4 topic tags (browser, browser-automation, playwright, puppeteer), 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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| obscura | llm-scraper | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 27K | ★ 6.9K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.0K | ⑂ 454 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick obscura if
- You weight community size — 27K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- 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 obscura
Obscura is an open source headless browser engine written in Rust, built for web scraping and AI agent automation. It runs real JavaScript through V8, speaks the Chrome DevTools Protocol, and presents itself as a drop in replacement for headless Chrome when driven by Puppeteer or Playwright. The project lives in the browser automation and headless browser corner of the Rust ecosystem, and it ships under the Apache 2.0 license.
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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 obscura or llm-scraper more popular?
obscura has 27,406 GitHub stars and llm-scraper has 6,936. obscura has the larger community by that measure.
Are obscura and llm-scraper free?
Both are open source. obscura is licensed under Apache-2.0 and llm-scraper under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between obscura and llm-scraper?
obscura is written in Rust 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, obscura or llm-scraper?
Choose obscura if you want the larger community (27,406 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose llm-scraper if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.