XHS-Downloader vs crawl4ai

XHS-Downloader and crawl4ai share 5 technologies: FastAPI, uvicorn, aiosqlite, SQLite, and lxml. XHS-Downloader is written in JavaScript and crawl4ai in Python.

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What they share and what sets them apart

JoeanAmier

XHS-Downloader

小红书(XiaoHongShu、RedNote)链接提取/作品采集工具

JavaScript13.3kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit dfad51bWhat is XHS-Downloader built with?

Only in XHS-Downloader

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unclecode

crawl4ai

Official Crawl4AI Cloud: a hosted web scraping, extraction, and search API for AI agents. Free API key, 1,000 credits a month, no card. Fully open source: this repo is the Apache-2.0 crawler that powers it, and you can self-host it.

Python87.1kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit cae74b2What is crawl4ai built with?

Only in crawl4ai

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
XHS-Downloader15,118 lines written56 code files
crawl4ai176,861 lines written105 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
XHS-Downloader0% of its commits signed by AI
crawl4ai4.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Factory, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and Devin
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
XHS-DownloaderLast push November 7, 2026512 commits13,254 stars
crawl4aiLast push November 4, 20261,446 commits87,130 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
XHS-Downloader0 test files
crawl4ai286 test files56.2% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, XHS-Downloader or crawl4ai?
crawl4ai, with 176,861 lines written; XHS-Downloader has 15,118.

The proof: unclecode/crawl4ai's code at commit cae74b2

Which has more GitHub stars, XHS-Downloader or crawl4ai?
crawl4ai, with 87,130 stars; XHS-Downloader has 13,254.

The proof: unclecode/crawl4ai on GitHub

Which has more tests, XHS-Downloader or crawl4ai?
crawl4ai, with 286 test files.

The proof: unclecode/crawl4ai's code at commit cae74b2

Which was updated more recently, XHS-Downloader or crawl4ai?
XHS-Downloader: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and crawl4ai's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: JoeanAmier/XHS-Downloader's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, XHS-Downloader or crawl4ai?
crawl4ai: an AI signed 4.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Factory, Cursor, CodeRabbit, and Devin.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in unclecode/crawl4ai

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