# Install flyscrape with Homebrew

Standalone and scriptable web scraper. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:flyscrape
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install flyscrape
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:flyscrape
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.9.0
- **Source summary:** Standalone and scriptable web scraper
- **Homepage:** <https://flyscrape.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/philippta/flyscrape>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T11:37:57+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- flyscrape (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.9.0
## Project history and usage

Flyscrape is a standalone command-line web scraping tool that uses JavaScript scraping scripts and can run as a single binary. Its official documentation presents it as a toolkit for building custom scrapers quickly, including browser rendering, caching, proxies, cookies, headers, and structured output.

### Project history

The public repository was created in 2023 and the official release list begins with the 0.2.x series later that year. By the 0.9.x releases in 2024, the project had an official documentation site and prebuilt binaries alongside source installation.

### Adoption history

The project appears to have a focused adoption path around direct installation, prebuilt release binaries, Go installation, and Homebrew for macOS users. Its README frames the tool for users who want precise website extraction without advanced programming skills.

### How it is used

Users write a JavaScript file exporting configuration and an extraction function, then run it with `flyscrape run SCRIPT`. The README example shows pagination, browser rendering, caching, and JSON output, while the docs expand this into configuration and API references.

### Why package nerds care

Flyscrape is package-nerd interesting as a modern single-binary scraper that packages a JavaScript-oriented extraction model behind a CLI. It sits between quick shell scraping and full browser automation frameworks, so distribution through Homebrew and GitHub releases matters for making it easy to install on workstations.

### Timeline

- 2023: The GitHub repository was created.
- 2023: The public release stream began with v0.2.x.
- 2024: v0.9.0 was published.
- 2025: The repository remained active, with pushes recorded after the 2024 release series.

### Related projects

- The official materials relate Flyscrape to browser-based scraping, JavaScript extraction scripts, headless browser rendering, browser cookie stores, and Go-based installation from source.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/philippta/flyscrape>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/philippta/flyscrape/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://flyscrape.com/docs/getting-started/>
- <https://github.com/philippta/flyscrape>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/philippta/flyscrape/master/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/flyscrape.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/flyscrape.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph