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  # Spectrawl
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- The unified web layer for AI agents. Search, browse, authenticate, and act on platforms — one tool, self-hosted, free.
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+ The unified web layer for AI agents. Search, browse, authenticate, and act on platforms — one package, self-hosted.
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- **5,000 free searches/month** with Google-quality results via Gemini Grounded Search. Better answers than Tavily. Self-hosted.
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+ **5,000 free searches/month** via Gemini Grounded Search. Full page scraping, stealth browsing, 24 platform adapters.
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  ## What It Does
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- AI agents need to interact with the web. That means searching, browsing pages, logging into platforms, and posting content. Today you duct-tape together Playwright + Tavily + cookie managers + platform-specific scripts. Spectrawl replaces all of that.
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+ AI agents need to interact with the web — searching, browsing pages, logging into platforms, posting content. Today you wire together Playwright + a search API + cookie managers + platform-specific scripts. Spectrawl is one package that does all of it.
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  ```
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  npm install spectrawl
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  ```
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- ## Real Output
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+ ## How It Works
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- Here's actual output from Spectrawl vs Tavily on the same query:
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- **Query:** `"best open source AI agent frameworks 2025"`
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- ### Spectrawl (free)
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- Time: 16.8s | Sources: 19
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- Answer: The leading open-source AI agent frameworks for 2025 include AutoGen,
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- CrewAI, LangChain, LangGraph, and Semantic Kernel [1, 2, 3]. AutoGen is
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- recognized for enabling complex multi-agent conversations, while CrewAI
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- focuses on orchestrating collaborative AI agents [1, 2]. LangChain and its
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- component LangGraph provide robust tools for building sophisticated agent
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- workflows and state management [1, 2, 3]. Semantic Kernel, developed by
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- Microsoft, integrates large language models with conventional programming
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- languages [1, 2, 3].
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- Other prominent frameworks include LlamaIndex, Haystack, BabyAGI, AgentGPT,
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- SuperAGI, MetaGPT, and Open Interpreter [1, 2].
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- **12 frameworks named, inline citations, 19 sources**
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- ### Tavily ($0.01/query)
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- Time: 2s | Sources: 10
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- Answer: In 2025, LangGraph and Microsoft's AutoGen + Semantic Kernel are
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- top open-source AI agent frameworks, favored for their robust orchestration
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- and enterprise security features.
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- ```
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- **3 frameworks named, no citations, 10 sources**
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+ Spectrawl searches via Gemini Grounded Search (Google-quality results), scrapes the top pages for full content, and returns everything to your agent. Your agent's LLM reads the actual sources and forms its own answer — no pre-chewed summaries.
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  ## Quick Start
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  > **Why no summary by default?** Your agent already has an LLM. If we summarize AND your agent summarizes, you're paying two LLMs for one answer. We return rich sources — your agent does the rest.
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- ## vs Tavily
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+ ## Spectrawl vs Tavily
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+ Different tools for different needs.
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  | | Tavily | Spectrawl |
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- | Speed | ~2s ✅ | ~7-17s |
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- | Answer quality | Generic (3 items) | **Detailed** (12+ items) ✅ |
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- | Inline citations | ❌ | **[1] [2] [3]** ✅ |
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- | Results per query | 10 | **12-19** ✅ |
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- | Cost | $0.01/query | **Free** (5K/mo) ✅ |
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- | Self-hosted | No | **Yes** ✅ |
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- | Source ranking | No | **Domain trust scoring** ✅ |
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- | Stealth scraping | No | **Yes** ✅ |
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- | Auth + posting | No | **24 adapters** ✅ |
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- | Cached repeats | No | **<1ms** ✅ |
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- Spectrawl wins on answer quality, result volume, features, and cost. Tavily wins on speed.
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+ | Speed | ~2s | ~6-10s |
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+ | Free tier | 1,000/month | 5,000/month |
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+ | Returns | Snippets + AI answer | Full page content + snippets |
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+ | Self-hosted | No | Yes |
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+ | Stealth browsing | No | Yes (Camoufox + Playwright) |
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+ | Platform posting | No | 24 adapters |
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+ | Auth management | No | Cookie store + auto-refresh |
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+ | Cached repeats | No | <1ms |
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+ **Tavily** is fast and simple — great for agents that need quick answers. **Spectrawl** returns richer data and does more (browse, auth, post) — but it's slower. Choose based on your use case.
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  ## Search
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  "name": "spectrawl",
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  "description": "The unified web layer for AI agents. Search (6 engines), stealth browse (Camoufox + Playwright), auth (cookies, multi-account), act (24 adapters, 30+ platforms), proxy rotation. Self-hosted, free.",
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  "types": "index.d.ts",