Crawling the Rust Book
Nine crawlers in 22 setups, each pointed at the same 114-page site (176 files) served from a remote mirror. Each run was screen-recorded and is replayed here on a unified clock, so you can watch them in real time.
Crawl Results
Beam Us Up
00:05.91140114 / 01243 MB114 pages · 0 assets · 1243 MB peak
Beam Us Up (JS)
00:44.61140114 / 01905 MB114 pages · 0 assets · 1905 MB peak
Beam Us Up CLI
00:04.81140114 / 01283 MB114 pages · 0 assets · 1283 MB peak
Beam Us Up CLI (JS)
00:43.41140114 / 0912 MB114 pages · 0 assets · 912 MB peak
GNU Wget
00:02.311462114 / 623.4 MB114 pages · 62 assets · 3.4 MB peak
InterroBot
00:02.311450114 / 50476 MB114 pages · 50 assets · 476 MB peak
InterroBot (JS)
00:39.611450114 / 50999 MB114 pages · 50 assets · 999 MB peak
InterroBot (Turbo JS)
00:21.511450114 / 501077 MB114 pages · 50 assets · 1077 MB peak
InterroBot (Turbo)
00:01.711450114 / 50439 MB114 pages · 50 assets · 439 MB peak
InterroBot CLI
00:01.511450114 / 50156 MB114 pages · 50 assets · 156 MB peak
InterroBot CLI (JS)
00:39.311450114 / 50613 MB114 pages · 50 assets · 613 MB peak
InterroBot CLI (Turbo JS)
00:20.911450114 / 50742 MB114 pages · 50 assets · 742 MB peak
InterroBot CLI (Turbo)
00:01.011450114 / 50160 MB114 pages · 50 assets · 160 MB peak
Katana
00:12.411350113 / 5058.0 MB113 pages · 50 assets · 58.0 MB peak
Screaming Frog
00:05.011548115 / 481351 MB115 pages · 48 assets · 1351 MB peak
Screaming Frog CLI
00:05.311548115 / 48595 MB115 pages · 48 assets · 595 MB peak
SEO Macroscope
00:12.211551115 / 51270 MB115 pages · 51 assets · 270 MB peak
SEO Macroscope (High)
00:12.211551115 / 51254 MB115 pages · 51 assets · 254 MB peak
SiteOne Crawler
00:14.411461114 / 61353 MB114 pages · 61 assets · 353 MB peak
SiteOne Crawler (High)
00:06.411461114 / 61351 MB114 pages · 61 assets · 351 MB peak
Visual SEO Studio
00:05.411428114 / 28157 MB114 pages · 28 assets · 157 MB peak
Xenu's Link Sleuth
00:04.311561115 / 615.7 MB115 pages · 61 assets · 5.7 MB peak
Resource Usage
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Setups
| Crawler | Version | Interface | Threads | Settings | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beam Us Up | 2.0.0 | GUI | 16 threads (auto) | Default settings | Mac mini (M1) |
| Beam Us Up (JS) | 2.0.0 | GUI | 16 threads (auto) | JavaScript rendering on | Mac mini (M1) |
| Beam Us Up CLI | 2.0.0 | CLI | 10 threads | Default settings | Mac mini (M1) |
| Beam Us Up CLI (JS) | 2.0.0 | CLI | 10 threads | JavaScript rendering on | Mac mini (M1) |
| GNU Wget | 1.25.0 | CLI | Single thread | Mirror preset | Mac mini (M1) |
| InterroBot | 2.15.0 | GUI | Default threads | Default settings | Mac mini (M1) |
| InterroBot (JS) | 2.15.0 | GUI | Default threads | JavaScript rendering on | Mac mini (M1) |
| InterroBot (Turbo JS) | 2.15.0 | GUI | Turbo threads | Turbo threads; JavaScript rendering on | Mac mini (M1) |
| InterroBot (Turbo) | 2.15.0 | GUI | Turbo threads | Turbo threads | Mac mini (M1) |
| InterroBot CLI | 2.15.0 | CLI | Default threads | Default settings | Mac mini (M1) |
| InterroBot CLI (JS) | 2.15.0 | CLI | Default threads | JavaScript rendering on | Mac mini (M1) |
| InterroBot CLI (Turbo JS) | 2.15.0 | CLI | Turbo threads | Turbo threads; JavaScript rendering on | Mac mini (M1) |
| InterroBot CLI (Turbo) | 2.15.0 | CLI | Turbo threads | Turbo threads | Mac mini (M1) |
| Katana | 1.7.0 | CLI | 10 threads | Full depth; no subdomains; images kept | Mac mini (M1) |
| Screaming Frog | 24.3.0 | GUI | Default threads | Default settings | Mac mini (M1) |
| Screaming Frog CLI | 24.3.0 | CLI | Default threads | Default settings | Mac mini (M1) |
| SEO Macroscope | 1.7.6.1 | GUI | Default threads | Default settings | Windows 10 (VM) |
| SEO Macroscope (High) | 1.7.6.1 | GUI | 10 threads | 10 threads | Windows 10 (VM) |
| SiteOne Crawler | 1.0.8 | GUI | Default threads | Report upload off | Mac mini (M1) |
| SiteOne Crawler (High) | 1.0.8 | GUI | 8 threads | 8 threads; 50 requests/s; report upload off | Mac mini (M1) |
| Visual SEO Studio | 2.5.3.1 | GUI | Default threads | Max crawl depth 9 | Windows 10 (VM) |
| Xenu's Link Sleuth | 1.3.8 | GUI | 30 threads | Default settings | Windows 10 (VM) |
How This Was Measured
- Test Machines
Mac mini (M1/Tahoe)8 GB of RAM · macOS 26.6.2
Windows 10 (Hyper-V)15.8 GB of RAM · Windows 10 · virtual machine
Each crawler ran by itself. Crawl time, counts, memory, and CPU are captured consistently, per OS. See more on how it’s measured.
- Sites
Rust Bookrust-book-remote.crawlerbench.com114 HTML pages176 files
GIMP 3.0 Manualgimp-remote.crawlerbench.com711 HTML pages2,616 files
Served from a remote server, reached over the internet.