Crawler Bench

Katana

Crawler · CLI

A next-generation crawling and spidering framework

In their wordsgithub.com/projectdiscovery/katana
Version Tested
1.7.0 (released Aug 5, 2026)
Vendor
ProjectDiscovery
Platforms
Windows, macOS, and Linux
Interfaces
CLI (command line interface)
JavaScript Rendering
Yes
Type
Crawler
Test Machine
Mac mini (M1/Tahoe), 8 GB of RAM, macOS 26.6.2

Across the Test Sites

Tested in one setup on four sites. Its best finish: Katana on the GIMP 3.0 Manual (remote server), 00:28.1, 8th of 24.

KatanaCLI · 10 threads00:12.113th of 2500:12.315th of 2500:29.19th of 2500:28.18th of 24

Site Crawls

One Katana setup on the Rust Book: 114 pages (176 files) served from a web server on the same Mac, replayed on one clock.

Filter Runs

Site
Server
Filters
Interface
Rendering
Price

Crawl Results

00:12.111350113 / 5060.9 MB113 pages · 50 assets · 60.9 MB peak

Resource Usage

Watch in Realtime

Every crawl starts together at 0:07. Click a screen to enlarge it.

0:00.0 / 0:22.9

Setups

Katana1.7.0CLI10 threadsFull depth; no subdomains; images kept

How This Was Measured

Test Machine
  • Mac mini (M1/Tahoe)8 GB of RAM · macOS 26.6.2

Each crawler ran by itself. Crawl time, counts, memory, and CPU are captured consistently, per OS. See more on how it’s measured.

Sites
  • The Rust Book homepageRust Bookrust-book-local.crawlerbench.com114 HTML pages176 files
  • The GIMP 3.0 Manual homepageGIMP 3.0 Manualgimp-local.crawlerbench.com711 HTML pages2,616 files

Served from a local web server on the test machine.