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tezcatl: a 2MB alternative to Puppeteer for scraping on macOS
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George Mandis
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May 29, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
zig
macos
scraping
Tools
Web Scraping
data extraction
LLMs
macOS Development
Summary
George Mandis introduces Tezcatl, a lightweight scraping tool for macOS using WebKit. It's a compact alternative to Puppeteer, suitable for light scraping tasks by returning accurate DOM snapshots without the overhead of dependencies or build steps.
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