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proxy_pool vs grab
proxy_pool has 23,780 GitHub stars, 5,417 forks, 298 open issues and last shipped 5 months ago. grab has 2,462 stars, 271 forks, 1 open issues and last shipped 1.1 years ago. proxy_pool leads on adoption by 866% (23,780 vs 2,462 stars). proxy_pool is written in Python under MIT; grab is written in Python under MIT. proxy_pool has attracted 23% as many forks as stars, grab 11%. proxy_pool was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (crawler, spider), 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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| proxy_pool | grab | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 24K | ★ 2.5K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Python | Python |
| Last push | 2026-06-15 | 2025-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.4K | ⑂ 271 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick proxy_pool if
- You weight community size — 24K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick grab if
- You want the grab feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and grab fits your workflow better
About proxy_pool
ProxyPool 爬虫代理IP池 ======= ( ) 0: try: html = requests.get(' proxies={"http": " 使用代理访问 return html except Exception: retry count = 1 删除代理池中代理 delete proxy(proxy) return None python from fetcher.baseFetcher import BaseFetcher from util.webRequest import WebRequest class MyProxyFetcher(BaseFetcher): """我的代理源""" name = "myproxy" url = " enabled = True def fetch(self): r = WebRequest().get(" for item in r.json: yield item["ip"] + ":" + item["port"] 2、添加好后， schedule 进程下次抓取时会自动扫描 fetcher/sources/ 目录并启用新代理源，无需修改配置。 可用 python proxyPool.py fetcher 命令查看当前启用的代理源列表。 如需临时禁用某个代理源，在 setting.py 的 PROXY FETCHER EXCLUDE 黑名单中添加其…
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About grab
Grab Update (2025 year) Since 2018 (which is the year of most recent Grab release) I have tried to do large refactoring of code base of Grab library. Which ended up with semi working product which nobody uses, including me. I have decided to reset all project files to the state of most recent pypi release 0.6.41 dated by june 2018. At least, now the code base corresponds to live version of the product which is being used by some people, according to pypi stats. I've updated Grab code base and code base of its dependencies to be compatible with Python 2.7 and Python 3.13 (and, hopefully, all py versions between…
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Frequently asked questions
Is proxy_pool or grab more popular?
proxy_pool has 23,780 GitHub stars and grab has 2,462. proxy_pool has the larger community by that measure.
Are proxy_pool and grab free?
Both are open source. proxy_pool is licensed under MIT and grab under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between proxy_pool and grab?
proxy_pool is written in Python and grab in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, proxy_pool or grab?
Choose proxy_pool if you want the larger community (23,780 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose grab if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.