github.com/MontFerret/ferret@v0.18.0/README.md (about)

     1  # Ferret
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    26  ![ferret](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MontFerret/ferret/master/assets/intro.jpg)
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    29  	<a href="https://www.montferret.dev/try" style="margin: 0 15px">
    30  		<span>Try it!</span>
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    32  	<a href="https://www.montferret.dev/docs/introduction" style="margin: 0 15px">
    33  		<span>Docs</span>
    34  	</a>
    35  	<a href="https://github.com/MontFerret/cli" style="margin: 0 15px">
    36  		<span>CLI</span>
    37  	</a>
    38  	<a href="https://github.com/MontFerret/lab" style="margin: 0 15px">
    39  		<span>Test runner</span>
    40  	</a>
    41  	<a href="https://github.com/MontFerret/worker" style="margin: 0 15px">
    42  		<span>Web worker</span>
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    45  
    46  ## What is it?
    47  ```ferret``` is a web scraping system. It aims to simplify data extraction from the web for UI testing, machine learning, analytics and more.    
    48  ```ferret``` allows users to focus on the data. It abstracts away the technical details and complexity of underlying technologies using its own declarative language. 
    49  It is extremely portable, extensible, and fast.
    50  
    51  [Read the introductory blog post about Ferret here!](https://medium.com/@ziflex/say-hello-to-ferret-a-modern-web-scraping-tool-5c9cc85ba183)
    52  
    53  ### Features
    54  
    55  * Declarative language
    56  * Support of both static and dynamic web pages
    57  * Embeddable
    58  * Extensible
    59  
    60  Documentation is available [at our website](https://www.montferret.dev/docs/introduction/).
    61  
    62  ### Different languages
    63  
    64  * Ferret for python. [Pyfer](https://github.com/MontFerret/pyfer)