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Apache Nutch vs SlimerJS

A side-by-side look at Apache Nutch and SlimerJS. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Apache Nutch

Apache Nutch

Development

Apache Nutch is an open source web crawler software project written in Java. It is used to build web search engines and web archiving systems. Nutch can crawl websites and index page content and metadata.

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SlimerJS

SlimerJS

Development

SlimerJS is a scriptable browser for web scraping and testing, similar to PhantomJS, based on Gecko and Firefox. It provides a JavaScript API for controlling a browser to load pages, extract content, run tests, take screenshots, etc.

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