Is Ilmenite really a browser?

Yes — a headless browser engine built in pure Rust. It parses HTML, queries CSS selectors, runs JavaScript, and extracts content. Not a Chromium fork.

How does pricing work?

Credits-based, pay per use. 1 scrape = 1 credit. Free tier includes 500 credits/month. Pay as you go after that — no subscriptions, no browser-hour metering.

Can I self-host Ilmenite?

Self-hosting is available on the Enterprise plan. The engine ships as a single binary and a Docker image for VPC or air-gapped deployment.

Integrations

Self-hosting

Self-hosting is available on Enterprise. The engine ships as a single binary and an official Docker image, with support for air-gapped deployments.

Docker

docker run -p 8080:8080 \
  -e ILMENITE_LICENSE_KEY=... \
  ilmenite/browser:latest

The container exposes the full REST API at :8080 and the MCP server at :3333.

Binary

Download the signed binary for your platform:

# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -LO https://github.com/ilmenite/releases/latest/download/ilmenite-aarch64-apple-darwin
chmod +x ilmenite-aarch64-apple-darwin
./ilmenite-aarch64-apple-darwin server --port 8080

# Linux (x86_64)
curl -LO https://github.com/ilmenite/releases/latest/download/ilmenite-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
chmod +x ilmenite-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
./ilmenite-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu server --port 8080

Kubernetes

Helm chart available at oci://registry.ilmenite.dev/charts/ilmenite. The default deployment runs 3 replicas and scales on CPU.

helm install ilmenite oci://registry.ilmenite.dev/charts/ilmenite \
  --set license.key=... \
  --set replicas=5

Configuration

ILMENITE_LICENSE_KEY — Enterprise license token.
ILMENITE_PORT — HTTP port (default 8080).
ILMENITE_MAX_CONCURRENCY — max concurrent sessions.
ILMENITE_PROXY_URL — egress proxy for all requests.
ILMENITE_TELEMETRY — off, anonymous, or full. Default off on self-hosted.

Air-gapped

The binary has no runtime network dependencies on ilmenite.dev once licensed. License validation happens offline against an embedded public key. Updates ship as signed tarballs on a cadence agreed in your contract.

Support

Enterprise self-host customers get a dedicated Slack channel and a named support engineer. SLA is 99.99% for the hosted layer; on-prem SLAs depend on your deployment.