LibreAI / Automation / actor-rag-web-browser
// automation ยท apify/actor-rag-web-browser

actor-rag-web-browser

Apify actor that feeds RAG pipelines with fresh scraped web text.

๐Ÿ’Ž Hidden gemโ˜… 80 starsโ‘‚ 21 forksApache-2.0updated 2026-10
โ–ฆ visual โ€” this project's README ships no embeddable screenshot,
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// project facts

Project facts

actor-rag-web-browser is an open-source automation project by apify (apify/actor-rag-web-browser on GitHub). It has 80 GitHub stars and 21 forks, is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and was last updated on GitHub on 2 October 2026.

GitHub stars
80
Forks
21
License
Apache-2.0
Last updated on GitHub
2 October 2026
Category
Automation
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Official site
Official site
// how it works

How it works

  1. Clone the repository

    Download the actor source.

  2. Install dependencies

    Pull the Node packages it needs.

  3. Configure input

    Set URLs or search queries per the README.

  4. Run the actor

    Launch it locally or on the Apify platform.

// features

Why people love it

RAG-ready output

Clean text formatted for embeddings.

Web crawling

Multi-page crawls from seed URLs.

SERP queries

Fresh results from search engines.

Apify platform

Run managed or self-hosted.

LLM app fit

Built to feed language-model pipelines.

TypeScript actor

Standard Apify SDK codebase.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 โ€” Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/apify/actor-rag-web-browser.git
    cd actor-rag-web-browser
  2. Step 2 โ€” Install dependencies

    Pull the Node packages it needs.

    npm install
  3. Step 3 โ€” Run locally

    Execute the actor with a sample input.

    apify run -p
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains actor-rag-web-browser?

Apify, at apify/actor-rag-web-browser with 21 forks.

Is it free for commercial use?

The code is Apache-2.0; Apify platform usage has its own pricing.

What does it output?

Clean extracted text ready for RAG embeddings.

Can I run it locally?

Yes. Apify actors run locally or on the platform.

Does it do search too?

Yes. It supports SERP queries alongside crawling.

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