# brightdata/cli

Official Bright Data CLI - scrape, search, and extract structured web data directly from your terminal.

Repository: https://github.com/brightdata/cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/brightdata-cli
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-17T09:14:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 12
- inputs: {"age_days": 179, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 13, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6406, forks 83 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:43.191734+00:00)

## What it is
The official Bright Data CLI (npm package @brightdata/cli) providing terminal access to Bright Data's web scraping, search, and structured data extraction APIs. It supports CAPTCHA/anti-bot bypassing scrapes, search engine queries, AI-powered scraper creation and self-healing, browser automation, and MCP server integration for coding agents.

## Use cases
- scrape a webpage from the terminal bypassing captchas
- run google searches and get structured json results
- extract product data from amazon or linkedin
- create a web scraper from a natural language description
- add a web scraping mcp server to claude code or cursor
- automate a real browser for scraping
- check proxy zone usage and account budget

## When to choose
- you already use or want Bright Data's scraping infrastructure
- you need anti-bot and CAPTCHA bypass from the command line
- you want to give AI coding agents web access via MCP
- you need structured data from 40+ supported platforms

## When to avoid
- you need a fully free self-hosted scraper with no paid service dependency
- you want a GUI or programmatic SDK rather than a CLI
- you only need simple scraping of sites without anti-bot protections

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, search-engine, cli, mcp, agent-framework, http-client
- domain: crawlers, developer-tools, artificial-intelligence
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: bright-data, anti-bot-bypass, proxy, structured-data-extraction, ai-scraper, scraping-browser, npm-package, command-line, data-engineering, nodejs

## Member repositories
- brightdata/cli (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.191734+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:44:56.662793+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brightdata/cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.191734+00:00, sha e0e383b2fa44)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.