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Trafilatura vs sitefetch: catalog facts
Trafilatura	sitefetch
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Extracts main text, metadata, comments, and other page elements Supports live pages and previously downloaded HTML	Saves readable page text to a file Can match selected pages by pathname
Requires Python and its package dependencies	Fetches website content over the network Some pages may need a custom content selector
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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