Reader
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 9 Oct 2026; it is registered on GitHub and has been in the index since 17 Jun 2026. How this is checked
Reader is an AI web infrastructure platform for giving agents, workflows, and applications access to the web. It combines scraping, crawling, and browser automation in one system and is described as a way to read the web without added complexity.
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Overview
5 featuresPurpose: Automating web scraping and browser tasks for AI agents and workflows without managing infrastructure.
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Audience: developers building AI and automation apps
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Functions: rag, browser_automation, data_extraction, agents
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Interfaces: API: indicated (inferred, not tested) · MCP: unknown · CLI: unknown · Self-hosting: indicated (inferred, not tested)
Recorded constraints: pricing: freemium · license: Apache-2.0 · platforms: API · deployment: api_only, self_hosted, cloud_managed
Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.
Record sources: reader.dev · github.com. These links do not verify the individual claims.
Reader sits in PulseGate's Data integration & ETL category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on automating web scraping and browser tasks for AI agents and workflows without managing infrastructure. Inferred · not functionally tested: It is built as a B2B product for developers building AI and automation apps. Basis unknown · not verified: Reader follows a freemium model. Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for API, and it can be self-hosted.
Reader first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 541 stars and 6 commits in the last 90 days. Inferred · not functionally tested: Among its 5 catalogued features are web scraping, crawling, and browser automation. Inferred · not functionally tested: Catalogued interfaces include a public API.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested
- Web scraping
- Crawling
- Browser automation
- API access
- Self-hosting
Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested
Built with & integrations
- Next.js
- x-nextjs-prerender header · /_next/static/ in the HTML · __next_f in the HTML
- Vercel
- x-vercel-id header · x-vercel-cache header
- Cloudflare
- cf-ray header · cf-cache-status header
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
Frequently asked questions about Reader
- What is Reader?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Reader focuses on automating web scraping and browser tasks for AI agents and workflows without managing infrastructure. It is catalogued under Data integration & ETL on PulseGate.
- Who should use Reader?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Reader is a B2B product built for developers building AI and automation apps.
- Does Reader have a free plan?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.
- What platforms does Reader run on?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Reader runs on API. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is Reader still active?
- PulseGate's liveness check found it on 9 Oct 2026. Its GitHub repository shows 6 commits in the last 90 days.
- When did Reader launch?
- Reader first shipped in 2026.
- Is Reader open source?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Reader has a public GitHub repository.
- Does Reader have an API or integrations?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Yes — Reader exposes a public API.
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