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Алексей Спинов
Алексей Спинов

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40+ Free Data Collection Tools I Built — Organized by Category

I've been building data tools on Apify Store. Here's the full collection organized by use case:

Social Media (8 tools)

  • Reddit Scraper — JSON API, 20+ fields, comment trees
  • YouTube Comments — Innertube API, no quota
  • YouTube Channel — subs, videos, metadata
  • YouTube Search — search results with views
  • Bluesky Scraper — AT Protocol profiles/posts
  • Bluesky Feed Monitor — engagement analytics
  • Bluesky Hashtag Tracker — trending topics
  • Hacker News — Firebase + Algolia APIs

SEO Suite (9 tools)

  • SEO Audit (50+ factors, score 0-100)
  • Broken Links Checker
  • PageSpeed Insights (Lighthouse)
  • SSL Certificate Checker
  • HTTP Headers (security score)
  • Tech Stack Detector (80+ techs)
  • Sitemap Parser
  • Robots.txt Analyzer
  • Keyword Density

Developer Tools (7)

  • Stack Overflow, GitHub Trending, GitHub Profile, arXiv Papers, npm Packages, Wikipedia, Open Library

Utilities (10+)

  • WHOIS Lookup, IP Geolocation, Exchange Rates, Weather, Crypto Prices, RSS Parser, URL Expander, Email Validator, Uptime Checker, Social Profile

Reviews & Intelligence (4)

  • Trustpilot, Amazon Reviews, Glassdoor, Market Research Data Collector

All free on Apify Store — search knotless_cadence. API-first approach means most never break on redesigns.

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