generated: '2026-09-07'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://crawlee.dev/js/docs/quick-start,
  https://crawlee.dev/python/docs/introduction/setting-up, and the @crawlee/cli npm
  package metadata (registry.npmjs.org/@crawlee/cli)
provider: Crawlee
providerId: crawlee
description: >-
  Crawlee ships one first-party CLI per language line. Both do the same job — scaffold a
  new crawler project from a maintained template — and neither is a client for a remote
  API. There is no login, no auth, and no server-side command surface, because Crawlee
  operates no service.
clis:
  - name: crawlee (JavaScript)
    binary: crawlee
    package: '@crawlee/cli'
    registry: npm
    version: 3.18.1
    published: '2026-08-12'
    docs: https://crawlee.dev/js/docs/quick-start
    install:
      - method: npx
        command: npx crawlee create my-crawler
        note: The documented path — no global install required.
      - method: npm
        command: npm install -g @crawlee/cli
    commands:
      - command: crawlee create <project-name>
        description: >-
          Scaffold a new Crawlee project from a template in @crawlee/templates, with an
          interactive prompt for the crawler type (Cheerio, Playwright, Puppeteer, …)
          and language (JavaScript or TypeScript).
        verbatim_example: npx crawlee create my-crawler
    runtime_deps:
      - yargs
      - inquirer
      - fs-extra
      - yargonaut
      - ansi-colors
      - '@crawlee/templates'
    after_scaffold:
      - command: cd my-crawler && npm start
        description: Runs the generated project. Quoted verbatim from the quick-start guide.
  - name: crawlee (Python)
    binary: crawlee
    package: crawlee
    extra: cli
    registry: pypi
    version: 1.10.0
    published: '2026-08-31'
    docs: https://crawlee.dev/python/docs/introduction/setting-up
    install:
      - method: uvx
        command: uvx 'crawlee[cli]' create my-crawler
        note: >-
          The documented path. CLI/template dependencies were moved into an optional
          `cli` extra in Crawlee for Python v0.6, so the base install has no CLI.
      - method: pip
        command: python -m pip install 'crawlee[cli]'
    commands:
      - command: crawlee create <project-name>
        description: >-
          Scaffold a new Crawlee for Python project, prompting for the crawler type
          (BeautifulSoup, Parsel, Playwright, …).
        verbatim_example: crawlee create my_crawler
    after_scaffold:
      - command: python -m <project-name>
        description: Runs the generated project.
notes:
  - >-
    `@crawlee-cloud/cli` (binaries `crawlee-cloud` / `crc`, npm v1.6.0, 2026-08-05) is NOT
    listed here. It belongs to crawlee.cloud / github.com/crawlee-cloud, a separate
    MIT-licensed self-hosted Apify-Actor runner, not to Apify's Crawlee. See
    packages/crawlee-packages.yml `not_first_party`.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com