Alchemy Lab

Quick Start

Get started with Alchemy Lab in 5 minutes

This guide helps you complete your first web content extraction in 5 minutes.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 18+
  • pnpm (recommended) or npm
  • (Optional) Docker

Option 1: Local Development

# 1. Clone the project
git clone https://github.com/nicepkg/firecrawl-lite.git
cd firecrawl-lite

# 2. Install dependencies
pnpm install

# 3. Start the backend service
pnpm dev

# 4. Start the frontend (in another terminal)
cd ui && pnpm dev

Option 2: Docker Deployment

docker run -p 3000:3000 firecrawl-lite:latest

First Scrape - Using the UI

  1. Open your browser and visit http://localhost:9002
  2. Click "Alchemy" in the navigation bar to access the core feature page
  3. Paste the URL you want to extract in the input field
  4. Select the output format (Markdown recommended)
  5. Click "Start Scraping"
  6. Once complete, preview or download the result

First Scrape - Using the API

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/scrape \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://example.com", "format": "markdown"}'

The returned JSON contains the extracted Markdown content:

{
  "success": true,
  "content": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in illustrative examples..."
}

Next Steps