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Steel Browser vs firecrawl

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

Steel Browser

🔥 Open Source Browser API for AI Agents & Apps. Steel Browser is a batteries-included browser sandbox that lets you automate the web without worrying about infrastructure.

Best matched with other agent tools.

7.5K
Stars
+484
Weekly
58/100
Health
firecrawl

Supercharge your AI agents with data from the web and beyond. Building the library for superintelligence. 🔥

Best matched with other agent tools.

188.4K
Stars
+36.0K
Weekly
80/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

firecrawl has the larger GitHub footprint with 188.4K stars.

Momentum

firecrawl is currently growing faster at +36.0K stars this week.

Maintenance

firecrawl has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 80/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

SignalSteel Browserfirecrawl
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTCVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC
GitHub stars7.5K188.4K
Weekly growth+484+36.0K
Health scoreWatch58/100Strong80/100
Contributors25161
Commits per week0.949.8
Open issues58437
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Last commit2026-08-05 23:12 UTC2026-10-03 18:46 UTC
Last releasev0.5.3-betav2.11.0

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