scrapy-plugins/scrapy-splash
Scrapy+Splash for JavaScript integration observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
26/100
- Activity 6
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4860
- days_rel: 589
- days_push: 568
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
3227 stars · 456 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A Scrapy plugin that integrates the Splash headless browser service to enable crawling and scraping of JavaScript-rendered web pages. It provides downloader and spider middlewares plus a request fingerprinter that route Scrapy requests through Splash's HTTP API.
Use cases
- scrape websites that require JavaScript rendering
- crawl single-page applications with Scrapy
- execute custom JavaScript while crawling pages
- capture screenshots of pages during a Scrapy crawl
- handle cookies and proxies when rendering pages with Splash
When to choose
- you already use Scrapy and need to render JavaScript-heavy pages
- you want a maintained, battle-tested bridge between Scrapy and Splash
- you need fine-grained control over rendering options like wait time, proxies, and cookies
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose headless browser without Scrapy
- you prefer Playwright or Puppeteer-based scraping pipelines
- you cannot run a separate Splash service (e.g., via Docker)
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
web-scraping http-client middleware web-development crawlers developer-tools python cross-platform scrapy splash javascript-rendering headless-browser spiders docker
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/scrapy-plugins/scrapy-splash · fetched 2026-08-28 · 00ba3230bd02
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/scrapy-splash/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 702e85c17bcd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| scrapy-plugins/scrapy-splash | main | 26 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="scrapy-plugins/scrapy-splash")
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