Built by a developer who got tired of the cloud
FetchRover started as a classic, selector-based scraper — no LLM required to point, click, and pull data off a page.
Most scrapers today are built on LLMs. FetchRover isn’t.
I’m building FetchRover to plug AI in as an optional layer down the road — but the core scraper stays classic, for three reasons.
Privacy first
Most scrapers today run on LLMs, which usually means shipping the pages you scrape off to someone else's cloud. FetchRover extracts data locally in your browser — nothing you scrape ever leaves your device.
No hallucinations
LLM-based scrapers can misread a page and quietly hand you wrong data. You can improve that with better prompts, but only so far. A classic, selector-based scraper reads exactly what you point it at — every time.
Free, not metered
Running a scraper through an LLM costs real money per page. A classic scraper doesn't, so FetchRover doesn't have to charge you for the pages you extract.
Amir Alizadeh
Web developer · creator of FetchRover
I made FetchRover to scrape the web the classic way, without handing my data to an LLM in the cloud. It’s free to use, and it’s the tool I wanted for myself first.
Ready to stop copy-pasting the web?
Install FetchRover and turn your first page into a spreadsheet in minutes.
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