Defuddle vs google-maps-lead-generator (kaymen99)
Both in the data & scraping category. Side-by-side — pick the one that fits your stack tonight.
Any web page → clean markdown. No nav, no ads, no sidebar junk.
- rating
- 5★
- tested
- ✓ loya-tested
- cost
- free
- install
- drop-in
- stars
- 6,977
- issues
- 28
- license
- MIT
- updated
- 4d ago
You need the raw HTML or page layout — defuddle throws away everything except the article body.
Self-hosted Google Maps lead extractor + AI contact enrichment. No API fees.
- rating
- 3★
- tested
- —
- cost
- free
- install
- needs-wiring
- stars
- 28
- updated
- 10mo ago
You're not already comfortable running Python scripts + proxies. Hosted options (Outscraper/Serper) are faster to stand up.
why it matters · Defuddle
Point defuddle at any URL and get back the main article content as clean markdown — no nav, no ads, no sidebar, no cookie banners. Strip down pages before feeding them to Claude so you're not burning tokens on menus and footer links. Use this daily instead of WebFetch when reading articles or docs — token cost drops 60-80%, signal-to-noise goes up. Built by kepano (Obsidian team). Free, MIT.
why it matters · google-maps-lead-generator (kaymen99)
Open-source Python pipeline that scrapes Google Maps for local businesses, then runs AI + web scraping to find emails, phones, and contact pages. Same job as Outscraper or Serper+enrichment, but you host it yourself for zero per-lead cost. Small project (28 stars, last updated mid-2025), so expect to patch things. Worth it if you're running LPA lead-gen at scale and don't want a recurring API bill eating margin.