Side-by-Side Comparison
trawl vs rowel
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● germondai/trawl (946)
● fwdai/rowel (957)
☆ 946trawl stars
☆ 957rowel stars
+11Difference
rowelStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
rowel Leads
+11 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
rowel Leads
81 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
rowel
Pushed 4d ago
Licensing
Different
trawl: AGPL-3.0 vs rowel: GPL-3.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | germondai/trawl ↗ | fwdai/rowel ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Self-hosted scraping engine — bypasses any JS challenge & captcha: Cloudflare, Turnstile, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, GeeTest. FlareSolverr & Byparr alternative and drop-in replacement for your *arr stack. | 🔑 Local-first Secrets Manager |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 946 | ☆ 957 |
| Forks | 56 | 81 |
| Open Issues | 6 | 11 |
| Main Language | TypeScript | Rust |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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