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# Apache Nutch Reviews
**Vendor:** The Apache Software Foundation  
**Category:** [Java Web Frameworks](https://www.g2.com/categories/java-web-frameworks)  
**Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 20
## About Apache Nutch
Apache Nutch is a extensible and scalable open source web crawler software project.Nutch provides extensible interfaces such as Parse, Index and ScoringFilter's for custom implementations e.g. Apache Tika for parsing.




## Apache Nutch Reviews
  ### 1. Powerful but not recommended

**Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Imtiaz S. | Senior Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 10, 2020

**What do you like best about Apache Nutch?**

Easy to use. 
Can crawl almost all kinds of contents. 
Excellent plugin system . 
Supports different storage backends.

**What do you dislike about Apache Nutch?**

Hard to master. Requires Stiff knowledge curve.

Poor documentation. Many are outdated or broken. 
Difficult to setup for production system.

**Recommendations to others considering Apache Nutch:**

Use Apache Storm Crawler instead.

**What problems is Apache Nutch solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We Used Apache Nutch to crawl websites and index them with Solr.


## Apache Nutch Discussions
  - [How to make use of apache nuts more easy ?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/34687-how-to-make-use-of-apache-nuts-more-easy) - 1 upvote
  - [How can i programatically create new crawl jobs and control them?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/31744-how-can-i-programatically-create-new-crawl-jobs-and-control-them) - 1 upvote

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