Maxun

Open-source no-code platform for web scraping, crawling, monitoring and AI data extraction.

Maxun is an open-source web data platform that turns any website into a structured API. It combines extraction, scraping, crawling, search and document parsing in one no-code dashboard, and can monitor pages over time and alert you when their content changes.

Robots can be built in three ways: record browser actions in the visual Recorder, describe the data you want in plain English with AI Mode, or let the Agent find the data on its own. Maxun handles pagination, infinite scrolling, authenticated pages and export to CSV or JSON. Self-hosted and cloud deployments both expose a REST API, Node.js and Python SDKs, a CLI, an MCP server and webhooks, so the same robots can run from code, schedules or AI agents.

Maxun is fully self-hostable with Docker Compose, or locally against Node.js 18+, PostgreSQL and MinIO. The open-source edition covers extraction, scraping, crawl and search monitoring and document robots; Maxun Cloud adds managed browser infrastructure, Deep Extraction, automatic adaptation to layout changes, managed stealth and CAPTCHA handling, proxy rotation and a Chrome extension for password-free scraping behind a login.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Maxun extract data from pages behind a login?

Yes. On Maxun Cloud you install the Maxun Chrome extension, log in to the target site in your own browser and click Sync, so your username and password are never shared with Maxun. In self-hosted installations, extract robots can be trained with credentials, which are encrypted and stored locally and reused on every run. Two-factor authentication logins are not supported yet.

Can I schedule robots and get notified when a page changes?

Yes. Robots can run once every few minutes, hours, days, weeks or months, optionally between a start and end time and in a chosen timezone. With monitoring enabled, each run is compared against the previous one so you can see exactly what changed. Email alerts on Maxun Cloud notify you when a change is detected, and AI Mode can filter the diff with a plain-language prompt.

Does Maxun have an API, SDK or CLI?

Yes. Maxun exposes a REST API, Node.js and Python SDKs, and a CLI for creating robots, triggering runs and retrieving data. Webhooks push results into other systems, and an MCP server connects Maxun to AI agents such as Claude, Cursor and Codex. All of these are available in both Maxun Cloud and self-hosted deployments.

Does Maxun support proxies?

Self-hosted Maxun supports Bring Your Own Proxy over HTTP and SOCKS, including authenticated proxies whose credentials are encrypted in the database. Proxies are configured per user rather than per robot. On Maxun Cloud, proxy rotation and anti-bot infrastructure are managed for you.

Can Maxun parse documents as well as web pages?

Yes. Document robots extract and parse structured data from documents alongside the Extract, Scrape, Crawl, Agent and Search robots that work on websites. Document extraction is available in both Maxun Cloud and self-hosted Maxun.

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77/100

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78/100

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40/100

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100/100

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Project Details

Platforms

Web, CLI

License

AGPL-3.0

Self hostable

Yes

Repository details

Version

v0.1.0

Created

10/23/2023

Stars

18,378

Forks

1,585

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Last commit

11/9/2026

Updated 11/14/2026, 11:01:37 AM

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