firecrawl/open-scouts
🔥 AI-powered web monitoring platform. Create automated scouts that search the web and send email alerts when they find what you're looking for. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
53/100
- Activity 83
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 19
Flags: no_releases no_license
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: 278
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 103
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1358 stars · 190 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Open Scouts is an AI-powered web monitoring platform where users create automated 'scouts' that run on a schedule to search the web and send email alerts when they find relevant information. It is built as a self-hostable Next.js application using Supabase, OpenAI, Firecrawl, and Resend.
Use cases
- monitor new restaurants opening near me
- track the latest AI news and get email digests
- watch for price drops or product availability on the web
- get notified when a competitor publishes new content
- continuously search the web for job postings matching criteria
- monitor mentions of a topic or brand across websites
When to choose
- you want scheduled AI-driven web searches with email notifications
- you want a self-hostable Next.js + Supabase monitoring app you can customize
- you already use Firecrawl and OpenAI and want a ready-made agent workflow
When to avoid
- you need a no-code hosted SaaS without managing API keys and a Supabase project
- you need real-time sub-minute monitoring rather than scheduled runs
- you need a license-guaranteed open-source project (no license is specified)
Facets
application · maturity active
web-scraping agent-framework scheduling email search-engine rag web-development monitoring self-hosted ai-scouts web-monitoring email-alerts nextjs supabase openai firecrawl scheduled-tasks automation ai-agents search web-server nodejs typescript vercel
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/firecrawl/open-scouts · fetched 2026-08-28 · f065dc3748a8
- homepage: https://openscouts.firecrawl.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · b591f11c8902
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| firecrawl/open-scouts | main | 53 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="firecrawl/open-scouts")
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