# Overview - Getting Started with crawler.sh

## What is crawler.sh?

**crawler.sh** is a fast, concurrent web crawler. It provides a **CLI tool**, the **desktop app**, and an upcoming **cloud API** for crawling websites, extracting content, analyzing SEO issues, and exporting results in multiple formats.

Key capabilities:

- **Concurrent crawling** with configurable depth, page limits, and delay
- **JavaScript rendering** 
- **Content extraction** 
- **SEO analysis** 
- **Multiple output formats** 
- **Real-time progress**

## Products

### Crawler CLI

Command-line interface with four subcommands: `crawl`, `info`, `export`, and `seo`. Features progress bars, color-coded output, and auto-generated filenames.

### Crawler Desktop

Desktop application with an interactive dashboard. Eight cards for live feed, SEO analysis, status charts, content browsing, and exports.

### Crawler Cloud

Hosted crawling API with scheduled crawls, webhooks, and a web dashboard. Coming soon.

## Quick Start

1. ### Install the CLI

```
    curl -fsSL https://install.crawler.sh | sh
    ```

Downloads the correct binary for your platform and adds it to your PATH.

2. ### Run your first crawl

```
    crawler crawl https://example.com
    ```

This crawls the site (up to 100 pages by default) and saves results to `example-com.crawl`.

3. ### Inspect the results

```
    crawler info example-com.crawl
    ```

View summary statistics: page count, status code distribution, and response times.

4. ### Analyze SEO issues

```
    crawler seo example-com.crawl
    ```

Run 23 automated SEO checks and see issues grouped by category.

5. ### Download the app

Download the [macOS DMG](https://install.crawler.sh/desktop/latest/crawler-macos.dmg) (universal binary - works on both Apple Silicon and Intel).

6. ### Install

Open the `.dmg` file and drag **Crawler** to your **Applications** folder.

7. ### Start a crawl

Launch Crawler, enter a URL in the top input bar, configure settings, and click **Start Crawl**.

8. ### Explore results

Browse the dashboard cards: **Live Feed**, **SEO Issues**, **Content**, and **Downloads**.

## Next Steps

- [Installation guide](/content/docs/installation/index.html) 
- [Crawler CLI](/content/docs/cli/index.html) 
- [Crawler Desktop](/content/docs/desktop/index.html) 
- [Crawler Cloud](/content/docs/cloud/index.html)