What software can scrape websites with JavaScript?

Here are common tools that can scrape websites that rely on JavaScript:

Browser automation / headless browsers

• Playwright — very popular, fast, supports Chromium/Firefox/WebKit, good for modern JS-heavy sites.
• Puppeteer — Chrome/Chromium automation, widely used, solid for rendering dynamic pages.
• Selenium — classic browser automation, works with many browsers, more verbose but flexible.

Scraping frameworks with JS rendering support

• Scrapy + Playwright — good if you want a full scraping framework plus JS rendering.
• Scrapy + Selenium — similar idea, but generally heavier/slower.
• Crawlee — by Apify; built for crawling/scraping, supports Playwright and Puppeteer.

Managed / cloud scraping tools

• Apify — platform with ready-made actors and support for JS sites.
• Zyte — managed scraping infrastructure and anti-bot handling.
• Browserless — hosted headless Chrome for scraping automation.
• ScrapingBee — simplified API that can render JS pages for you.

Extensions / no-code tools

• Octoparse
• ParseHub
• WebHarvy These can handle some JS-driven sites without coding.

Choosing one

• Best general choice: Playwright
• Best for Chrome-only automation: Puppeteer
• Best framework for large crawls: Scrapy + Playwright or Crawlee
• Best no-code: Octoparse or ParseHub

If you want, I can also recommend the best tool based on your language, budget, and whether the site uses infinite scroll, login, or anti-bot protection.