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ScrapeForge v2.0.13 Production Release
ScrapeForge is an open-source Electron desktop research and lead extraction application for anyone who needs to find, organize and verify publicly available business information. Search across Google Maps, Bing, DuckDuckGo and YouTube, discover public social signals, or use the built-in browser with your own accounts for supported LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram workflows. Everything stays on your computer.
One Desktop App. Multiple Research Paths.
ScrapeForge is designed around the reality that useful business information is spread across search engines, maps, social platforms, websites, videos and public profiles. Choose the research path that fits your requirement instead of depending on one cloud database.
Maps & Search Discovery
Research businesses through Google Maps, Bing and DuckDuckGo, then follow discovered websites and public signals to build a richer local dataset.
Social X-Ray Discovery
Discover publicly available Instagram and Facebook signals, alongside LinkedIn X-ray research and public profile information. X-ray workflows are limited to what is publicly discoverable.
YouTube-Native Research
Search and follow YouTube channels, videos and publicly available business signals. Pro provides additional YouTube research workflows available in the official build.
Use Your Own Local Browser Sessions
For supported workflows, sign in through the browser running on your own computer. LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and other supported browser workflows can operate using your own local session rather than sending the research session to a ScrapeForge cloud service.
Local-First by Design
ScrapeForge runs on your machine. Crawl state, SQLite data, browser session information and harvested results remain within your local environment rather than being synchronized to a ScrapeForge cloud database.
Built as a Real Desktop Application.
ScrapeForge isn't a browser bookmarklet or a cloud dashboard pretending to be local software. It is built as a desktop application using Electron, a local Node.js runtime, TypeScript application logic, React-based interface components, browser automation and SQLite persistence.
Electron
Provides the cross-platform desktop application shell, allowing ScrapeForge to operate as a desktop application across Windows, macOS and Linux while accessing local system capabilities.
Node.js
Powers the local runtime, filesystem operations, networking, verification workflows, process management and communication between the application's desktop components.
TypeScript
TypeScript is used for application logic and desktop integration, giving the codebase stronger typing and structure across extraction, verification and state-management workflows.
React
The application interface uses React-based components for interactive dashboard views, controls, results and workflow states.
SQLite
Research data, crawl state and application records are persisted locally using SQLite, keeping the core dataset on the user's machine.
SQLite WAL Persistence
SQLite write-ahead logging provides a stronger persistence layer for long-running jobs and supports the application's crash-resilient state and resume behaviour.
Playwright & Chromium
Browser automation powers supported web research, browser-based discovery and local authenticated workflows where a normal browser session is required.
Axios & HTTP Networking
HTTP utilities support network-facing discovery and verification operations directly from the local application environment.
DNS, MX & SMTP
The verification pipeline can resolve domain mail servers and perform SMTP-based liveness checks to determine whether an email address can be accepted by the destination mail server.
From Desktop Interface to Local Data
Discovery, browser workflows, processing, verification, application state and storage can operate directly within the user's local compute environment.
Built to Survive Network Chaos
Data extraction is inherently messy. Networks drop, proxies die, pages change and operating systems have finite resources. ScrapeForge is designed around that reality rather than assuming the web behaves perfectly.
Crash-Resilient State Management
Long-running extraction work maintains local state so that interrupted workflows can resume without unnecessarily starting everything from the beginning.
Resilient Network Handling
ScrapeForge accounts for unstable network conditions, failed requests and browser processes so that one failure does not necessarily destroy the entire research workflow.
Local Social Browser Sessions
Supported LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube workflows can operate through browser sessions running locally on the user's machine.
The Reservoir System
Define requirements such as phone or email availability and let the local rule-based pipeline separate usable records from records requiring further processing.
Instant CSV & PDF Export
Extracted and normalized information can be exported into portable CSV files or formatted PDF reports for downstream research and business workflows.
Hardware Memory Governor
ScrapeForge can monitor local system resources and adjust workload behaviour through its hardware and power management features, including Eco Mode.
You Are Free to Download, Inspect, Modify & Fork It.
ScrapeForge's open-source core is available under the MIT License. You are free to download the source code, study how it works, modify it, fork it, compile your own build and adapt it for your own workflow, subject to the MIT License terms.
So why pay for Pro? The Pro license is an optional way to support the project and unlock the additional functionality provided in the official Pro build. You are not paying for permission to view the open-source code.
MIT Open-Source Freedom
- Download the source
- Inspect the implementation
- Modify the code
- Fork the project
- Build your own version
- Use it under the MIT License
More Research. More Verification. More Control.
The Free Edition gives you the core research and extraction engine
under the MIT open-source model, with a limited verified sample for
testing the workflow. Pro adds the additional official workflows for
users who need unmasked leads, verification, custom social account
searches and YouTube access.
Pro is a one-time lifetime license.
Free Edition
Open Source- Raw Web & Maps Scraping
- Dynamic verified sample per run
- Local SQLite storage & export
- Local-first processing
- Additional Pro verification locked
- No Pro YouTube matrix access
- Masked executive decision makers
Free forever (MIT)
Pro Edition
- Everything in Free
- Unmasked Leads & Verification
- Custom Social Account Searches
- YouTube Access
- SMTP, Phone & WhatsApp Verification
Deploy ScrapeForge Binary
v2.0.13 Production Release
| Platform | Architecture | Package |
|---|---|---|
| Windows (.exe) | x64 / 64-bit | Download Executable |
| macOS (.dmg) | Apple Silicon / Intel | Download Image |
| Linux (.AppImage) | x64 / 64-bit | Download Binary |
Why Does My OS Block the Installation?
Newly released desktop binaries can trigger operating-system security warnings, especially when they do not have the level of commercial code-signing reputation expected by the platform.
For complete security auditing, review the release files, checksums and source code published with the relevant GitHub release.
Frequently Asked Questions
⚠️ Operational Advisory: Automated collection can conflict with platform Terms of Service or trigger account restrictions. If you choose to use automated browser workflows, consider using dedicated secondary research accounts rather than risking important primary accounts.
Use It Responsibly. Results Are Not Guaranteed.
ScrapeForge works with public/open information and supported browser workflows available at the time of use. Websites and platforms change constantly. Search engines may change their results, block requests, introduce challenges, rate-limit traffic, remove pages or change their interfaces.
ScrapeForge does not guarantee uninterrupted scraping, permanent access to any platform, accuracy of third-party data, continued availability of a source or successful extraction from every website. The software is provided as-is.
You are responsible for your own use. Respect applicable laws, privacy requirements, platform rules, access restrictions where applicable and people's choices. If a person asks for their information to be removed, use the available deletion controls and honor applicable obligations. You are responsible for determining whether your intended collection and use is lawful in your jurisdiction, including obligations that may apply under India's DPDP framework or other applicable privacy laws.
Compliance & Data Fiduciary Notice: ScrapeForge is an independent client-side software utility provided "as is" under the MIT License. The operator of the software is responsible for ensuring that extraction workflows comply with applicable statutory frameworks, privacy requirements, platform contracts and access terms.