// Drive browsers & computers
Apify
Web scraping and automation platform with ready-made Actors for agents.
Closed / commercial Maintained For agents
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
Apify is web scraping and automation platform with ready-made Actors for agents.
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to drive browsers & computers.
Not for: teams that require open source or self-hosting.
01How to start
- 1Read the official README / docs for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it as the official guide describes.
- 3Tell your agent the command exists (e.g. in AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md) so it knows when to call it.
02Alternatives & comparison
Compare side by side →03Related
- ›Hugging Face AI Agents Course · Hugging FaceMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›huggingface/agents-course · Hugging FaceEnglish
- ›AI Agents for Beginners · MicrosoftMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›Building effective agents · AnthropicEnglish
- ›OpenAI: A practical guide to building agents · OpenAIEnglish
- All tutorials →
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Popularity evidence (third-party snapshots)
- Monthly visits:4.0M (-5% MoM) · AlphaMoat 2026-09
For AI agents
- Interfaces:its own app or website
- Machine-readable record:/api/v1/software/apify.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10