Horseman

What is Horseman?

Horseman is a highly configurable web crawler designed to provide in-depth insights into your website. It stands out due to its use of JavaScript snippets, allowing users to interact with and extract information from websites in a highly customized manner. With the integration of GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) in version 0.3, Horseman takes web crawling to the next level by enabling AI-powered analysis of page content.

How does Horseman work?

At its core, Horseman operates by executing user-defined JavaScript snippets on web pages. These snippets can be anything from simple data extraction scripts to complex interactions with the page. The integration of GPT enhances this functionality, allowing users to leverage AI for tasks such as content summarization, sentiment analysis, and even generating new content based on existing page data.

Key features of Horseman include:

• Configurable Crawling: Tailor the crawler to your specific needs with customizable settings and JavaScript snippets.
• GPT Integration: Utilize GPT-3.5 for AI-powered content analysis and generation.
• Snippet Library: Access a library of over 120 pre-built snippets for common tasks.
• AI Snippet Creation: Generate snippets using AI, even without JavaScript knowledge.
• Insights Feature: Explore deeper insights into your website's performance and content.
• Multi-Platform Support: Available for Windows, Mac OS (Intel and M1/M2), and Linux.

How to use Horseman?

1. Installation: Download and install Horseman for your operating system.
2. Configuration: Define your crawling parameters and JavaScript snippets.
3. Execution: Run the crawler to gather data and insights from your website.
4. Analysis: Analyze the results and insights generated by Horseman.

Why choose Horseman?

Horseman is designed for users who need a highly customizable and powerful web crawling solution. Whether you're a frontend developer, performance analyst, SEO specialist, or JavaScript engineer, Horseman can help you gain valuable insights into your website.

Here's why Horseman stands out:

• Flexibility: Customize the crawler to your exact needs with JavaScript snippets.
• AI Power: Leverage GPT integration for advanced content analysis and generation.
• Ease of Use: Generate snippets with AI, even without JavaScript knowledge.
• Comprehensive Insights: Explore deeper insights into your website's performance and content.

Who is Horseman for?

Horseman is ideal for:

• Frontend Developers: Analyze website performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Performance Analysts: Gain insights into website loading times and other performance metrics.
• SEO Specialists: Optimize website content and structure for search engines.
• JavaScript Engineers: Utilize JavaScript skills to create custom crawling solutions.
• Digital Agencies: Provide clients with valuable insights into their websites.
• Accessibility Experts: Ensure websites are accessible to all users.

Pricing

Horseman offers early bird pricing via GitHub Sponsors. There are multiple tiers:

• Sponsor: $5 per month, 1 device limit
• Sponsor++: $10 per month, 3 device limit
• Sponsor+++: Custom device limit, contact for pricing.

Snippets

Snippets are tiny pieces of JavaScript code that allow you to interact with a website to manipulate it and return information. Anything you can use with Chrome's DevTools console you can utilise and automate with Horseman across an entire site.

Some of the 120+ essential snippets for developers, tinkerers, content creators, technical SEOs, and more include:

• Largest Contentful Image Priority
• H1 Sentiment
• Overflowing Elements
• Intelligent Content Extraction
• Summarize Content