MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup
A Python library for automating interaction with websites. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4482
- days_rel: 460
- days_push: 29
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
4888 stars · 398 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A Python library for automating interaction with websites, built on Requests and BeautifulSoup. It handles cookies, redirects, link following, and form submission, but does not execute JavaScript.
Use cases
- scrape websites with python
- automate form submission
- log in to websites programmatically
- crawl site links without a browser
- fill and submit html forms in python
- automate website interaction without selenium
When to choose
- you need to automate static websites with forms and cookies
- you want a lightweight alternative to Selenium without a browser
- you prefer a Mechanize-like API on Python 3
- you want to parse pages with BeautifulSoup while managing sessions
When to avoid
- the target site relies heavily on JavaScript rendering
- you need full browser automation like clicking or screenshots
- you need to bypass anti-bot protections
Facets
library · maturity active
web-scraping http-client parser web-development crawlers developer-tools python cross-platform beautifulsoup requests form-submission web-automation no-javascript automation
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4f0e764fa669
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/mechanicalsoup/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 58f9e2934044
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup | main | 66 |
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