CrawleX

A stealth web crawler for Node.js (≥20) that achieves Chrome-perfect TLS and HTTP/2 fingerprinting, making bot detection nearly impossible. v1.0.4 (April 2025) is actively maintained with weekly releases focused on stability and feature parity. It includes a browser render pool for JavaScript-heavy pages, persistent queue management, lifecycle hooks, and built-in sitemap support. Unlike Playwright or Puppeteer, CrawleX provides a higher-level orchestration layer optimized for large-scale scraping with anti-bot evasion as a core feature. Ships TypeScript types and is ESM-only. Key differentiators: automatic fingerprint rotation, adaptive throttling, and a plugin system for custom middleware.