Self-hosting Firecrawl

We're currently working on a more in-depth guide on how to self-host, but in the meantime, here is a simplified version.

Refer to CONTRIBUTING.md for instructions on how to run it locally.

Getting Started

First, clone this repository and copy the example env file from api folder .env.example to .env.

git clone https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl.git
cd firecrawl
cp ./apps/api/.env.example ./.env

For running the simplest version of FireCrawl, edit the USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION on .env to not use the database authentication.

USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION=false

Update the Redis URL in the .env file to align with the Docker configuration:

REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379

Once that's complete, you can simply run the following commands to get started:

docker compose up

This will run a local instance of Firecrawl which can be accessed at http://localhost:3002.