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 # Arachnid
 
+### This project is no longer maintained. Please see [Mechanize](https://github.com/Kanezoh/mechanize.cr) for an alternative.
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 Arachnid is a fast, soon to be multi-threading capable web crawler for Crystal. It recenty underwent a full rewrite for Crystal 0.35.1, so see the documentation below for updated usage instructions.
 
 ## Installation