👋 Hey Everybody
We are thrilled to open-source Maxun today.
Maxun is an open-source no-code web data extraction platform. It lets you build custom robots for data scraping in just a few clicks.
Github : https://github.com/getmaxun/maxun
🤔 But...why another web scraper? We have so many of them!
It’s surprising that in 2024, scraping data is still more complicated than actually using it. The last time I tried existing providers, I realized they mostly cater to technical users or big corporations with too much $ in the bank.
One provider didn’t even respond to my support request, which cost me valuable business days as I had no bandwidth to write scrapers.
💡 Then, I prototyped a small solution, open-sourced it, and discovered that quite a few people had similar experiences. So, I decided to build a scraper that:
- Requires ZERO coding skills
- Bypasses geolocation restrictions, captchas, and anti-bot measures
- Offers a simple API
- Gives me complete control over my data
- Adapts to website layout changes
- Just keeps getting better over time
We have a lot of exciting things coming up: Maxun Cloud, Extract Behind Login, Deep Data Extraction Workflows, Integrations +++
Our mission is simple: democratize access to information on the internet.
❤️ Hope you loved it.
🫂 Please join our community:
Github : https://github.com/getmaxun/maxun
Discord : https://discord.gg/NFhWDCdb
Twitter : https://x.com/maxun_io
❤️ Would love to hear more about your use-cases & feedbacks.
Cheers,
Team Maxun
Top comments (6)
Hi Karishma and the Maxun Team! 🌟
I'm genuinely thrilled to see a project like Maxun come to life! I’ve been searching for an alternative that allows me to configure a scraper easily and get reliable results, and I believe Maxun is exactly the solution I’ve been looking for. Your motivations really resonate—it's clear that you've not only identified a genuine gap but also committed to making web data extraction accessible to a much wider audience.
Thank you for putting in the time and effort to bring this tool to the community. Knowing how challenging it can be to create a no-code platform that balances simplicity with capability, I truly admire your dedication. The thoughtfulness you put into solving common challenges like geolocation restrictions and layout adaptability is impressive.
I’m looking forward to seeing how Maxun continues to evolve and what new possibilities it will unlock for users like me! Thank you again for this fantastic contribution. Can't wait to see what's next! 🙌💡
Best,
Inti
If you can scrape Tripadvisor I’m sold!
Just set it up and scraped decent amount of data. Huge potential
Looks great! All the best Karishma :D
It can crawl Facebook group?
If you can scrape Wall Street journal this is definitely impressive