Show HN: Draco – A single-binary, self-hostable Firecrawl alternative in Rust
Draco is a new, high-performance web scraping tool written in Rust that serves as a lightweight alternative to Firecrawl. It allows users to convert web pages into clean Markdown and metadata without the need for heavy browser fleets.
Why it matters
This tool offers developers a more efficient and resource-friendly way to scrape web data, which is critical for building AI-driven applications and data pipelines.
A fast, stealth, native-Rust web scraper — a lighter alternative to Firecrawl / Browserbase. Point it at a URL and get clean Markdown + metadata back, using a browser-faithful TLS/JA4 fingerprint to reach pages that block ordinary clients. No Node, no headless-Chrome fleet, no per-request browser boot.
The fastest way to install Draco on Linux or macOS is via the install script:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/0xchasercat/draco/main/install.sh | sh (This will automatically detect your OS/architecture, download the latest binary, and add it to your ~/.zshrc , ~/.bashrc , or ~/.config/fish/config.fish )
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