Open-source PhantomBuster alternatives

Maxun is an open-source platform for getting structured data out of websites. Its pitch is to turn any site into an API: you can scrape pages, crawl links, search, monitor for changes and use AI-powered extraction, without having to hand-code a scraper for every site. Topics tag it as a no-code, RPA and browser-automation tool.

It is built on Playwright-style browser automation, written in TypeScript, and is meant to be used through a visual interface so that people who do not code can create data-extraction robots. The project offers a hosted app and documentation, tutorials and a Discord community, and it can be self-hosted. The README is heavily sponsored by proxy providers, which reflects how scraping at scale usually needs rotating proxies, though those are third-party services that are not part of Maxun itself.

Maxun is licensed under AGPL-3.0, which requires sharing source changes if you offer a modified version as a network service. It suits analysts, marketers and developers who regularly pull data from websites without official APIs, and who want a managed or self-run alternative to custom scraping scripts.

Automa is a browser extension for automating your browser through a visual workflow of connected blocks. You can auto-fill forms, perform repetitive tasks, take screenshots or scrape data from websites, and schedule when a workflow runs, all without writing code. It is built with Vue.

A marketplace lets users share and download workflows, and an Automa Chrome Extension Builder can turn a workflow into a standalone Chrome extension. The extension is available from the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons, and the repository includes setup instructions for contributors. Topics include workflow, browser automation and web scraping.

The repository license is listed as 'Other' on GitHub, so check the terms. Automa runs inside your own browser, so there is no server to manage. It suits non-programmers and developers who want quick browser automation similar to a lightweight RPA tool.

GrowChief is an open-source social media automation tool for outreach, offered as an alternative to products like Phantom Buster, Expandi, Zopto, LinkedIn Helper and Meet Alfred. It is API-based, which makes it a fit for n8n, Make and Zapier users, and lets you build step-by-step workflows that interact with accounts, for example by sending a connection request and then a follow-up message.

The README highlights how it handles practicalities: concurrency control so that even many workflows on the same account act at most once every ten minutes, an enrichment waterfall that finds a profile URL from other parameters such as email using several providers, working hours so leads are processed only at set times, support for your own proxies, and human-like automation with natural mouse movements and clicks. The project says it does not encourage spam. Topics include n8n, NestJS and Temporal.

GrowChief is written in TypeScript on Node.js and licensed under AGPL-3.0, with documentation, an n8n node and a developer Discord. Automating actions on social platforms can conflict with their terms of service, so users should check the rules of each network.