Every face
All the ways to use Webfold, and where each one runs today.
Webfold is one engine with many faces. Each face serves the same capabilities through a different door.
| Face | Command or entry point | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Command line | webfold |
Your machine |
| Rust library | webfold, superdocuments crates |
In your program |
| MCP server | webfold-mcp |
Your machine |
| CDP endpoint | webfold headless serve |
Your machine |
| Intercepting proxy | webfold proxy |
Your machine |
| Embedded view engine | webfold view <url> |
In process, no browser |
| Documents and OCR | webfold convert, webfold pdf |
Your machine |
| PII service | pii-svc, corpusforge scan and redact |
Your infrastructure |
| Corpusforge | corpusforge pipeline |
Your machine |
| Glossa | glossa |
Your repository and CI |
| Computer use | computer-gateway, atspi-kbm-mcp |
Your Linux host |
| Social and OSINT routes | webfold social, webfold osint |
Your machine, under a collection policy |
| Hosted API | api.webfold.ai |
Webfold (early access) |
| SDKs | TypeScript, Python, Rust | In your program |
| Playground | webfold.ai/playground | Your browser |
Embedded view engine
webfold view acquires a document with Webfold, converts it with Superdocuments, and lets you read a structured view of it without shipping a browser. It is a set of tested components, not a finished embedding product: queries match regions by kind and text, not CSS selectors, and it is not a CDP server, renderer or JavaScript engine.
Social and OSINT
webfold social reads and searches routed platforms, and webfold osint runs IP, phone, username and site lookups. These are governed by a collection policy that is enforced in code.
Hosted
The hosted API covers web, research and bookmark endpoints, and also has endpoints for documents, OCR, PII, corpus building, translation checks and sandboxed computers. Each of those tools also runs locally, which keeps your data on your machine. Hosted PII and computer calls need the matching service (the PII service, the computer-use gateway) to be configured on the API; they answer 503 until it is.