Build in the open. We cover the credits.
webclaw for OSS gives open-source builders 100,000 free web-scraping credits a month, a feature on webclaw.io, and a direct line to the team. You ship the tool. Your users find webclaw.
Free credits, every month.
The grant matches our Growth plan — 100,000 credits a month — and it renews instead of expiring.
100,000 credits / month
The same monthly credits as the Growth plan, free, while your project stays active. Scrape, crawl, search, and extract without watching a meter.
We feature your project
Your logo and repo link on webclaw.io and on our social channels, in front of developers looking for exactly what you built.
Priority support
A direct line to the team on Discord. Bugs and feature requests from OSS builders jump the queue.
It renews
The grant renews each month while your project stays active and the integration stays documented. No re-application.
How the program works.
01
Apply
Tell us about your project and how it uses webclaw. Two minutes, no credit card.
02
We review
A person reads every application, usually within a few days. We look for a real, maintained, open project.
03
Build in the open
Approved projects get credits and a badge. Add the badge, document the integration, and you are set.
Who qualifies for free credits.
Public and open source
A public repository under an OSI-approved license. Any language, any framework.
A real webclaw integration
Your tool calls webclaw as part of what it does: a loader, an MCP server, a template, an action, a CLI.
Actively maintained
Recent commits, a real README, someone home. We fund living projects.
Built for other people to use
The strongest fit puts webclaw in front of your own users: something people install, clone, or run.
What we ask in return.
It costs nothing and we take no equity. The credits are free, and in return you help the next builder find webclaw the way you did.
- Document the integration: a short “scrape with webclaw” example and a link in your README or docs.
- Carry the “Powered by webclaw” badge where your users will see it.
- Keep it active. If the project goes dark or drops the integration, the grant winds down.
The Powered by webclaw badge.
Drop it in your README. Two variants for light and dark repos. Copy the snippet, paste it, done.
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<a href="https://webclaw.io"><img alt="Powered by webclaw" height="36" src="https://webclaw.io/badges/powered-by-webclaw-dark.svg"></a>Swap -dark for -light in the URL for the light variant.
Let's fund your project.
Tell us what you are building. If it is a fit, your credits and badge land in your inbox.
Questions, answered.
What is the webclaw for OSS program?
webclaw for OSS gives maintainers of open-source tools 100,000 free web-scraping credits every month. In return, you document the integration and carry a Powered by webclaw badge. The grant renews for as long as the project stays active.
How many free credits do I get?
100,000 credits a month, the same allowance as the Growth plan. A plain page costs 1 credit, so that covers roughly 100,000 pages, and fewer when you use JavaScript rendering (+2) or protected-site bypass (+9).
Who qualifies for free scraping credits?
Public repositories under an OSI-approved license that call webclaw as a real integration and stay actively maintained. Projects that put webclaw in front of their own users, such as loaders, MCP servers, templates, actions, and CLIs, are the strongest fit.
Do I have to add the badge?
Yes. Approved projects carry the Powered by webclaw badge and document the integration in their README or docs. That is the trade: free credits in exchange for helping the next builder find webclaw.
Is webclaw itself open source?
Yes. webclaw is AGPL-3.0 and self-hostable. The CLI, server, and MCP server run on your own hardware with no limits, and this program is how we back the builders who extend the ecosystem.
How long does the grant last?
It renews every month while your project stays active and keeps the integration documented. There is no re-application. If the project goes dark, the grant winds down.
webclaw is open source, too.
AGPL-3.0 and self-hostable, with a CLI, server, and MCP that run on your own hardware. This program is how we give back to the builders who extend the ecosystem.