Vibecode Social Fetch

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NOT REALLY · don't bother
price $29/moyou'd save $348/yrbuild time closest consolation build: one sittingcategory 🛠️ dev toolsreplaced by 0 people

A personal TikTok or Instagram profile fetcher with Playwright and SQLite is a one-sitting build. Social Fetch is not that. It is kept-alive scrapers on 20+ platforms, proxy routing, anti-bot handling, a stable response schema, and credit metering. Your DIY script breaks when TikTok changes markup. The API bill is for that not being your problem.

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README.md
# Social Fetch indie build

## Goal

Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Social Fetch workflow for one developer or a tiny team.

## Scope

Fetch public profile and recent posts for one platform (TikTok or Instagram), normalize into JSON, cache in SQLite, expose a tiny local HTTP API.

## Quick start

1. Install the documented dependencies.
2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`.
3. Run the development command chosen during implementation.
4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`.

## Honest limits

This build deliberately does not replace:
- 20+ platforms on one schema and one API key
- proxy / anti-bot / captcha handling
- someone else patching when platforms break
- production metering, request IDs, and uptime
- monitors, webhooks, and batch enrichment at volume

If those capabilities are essential, use yt-dlp instead of pretending the gap is solved.

$ choose a build depth, inspect the files, then open the complete pack in your agent

why people still pay

Writing a scraper is a weekend. Keeping scrapers working against platforms that fight scrapers is ongoing ops. Teams pay so their pipeline keeps returning `{ data, meta }` while someone else rotates proxies and patches adapters.

what you lose

x20+ platforms on one schema and one API key

xproxy / anti-bot / captcha handling

xsomeone else patching when platforms break

xproduction metering, request IDs, and uptime

xmonitors, webhooks, and batch enrichment at volume

prior art · use these instead of building, if you'd ratheryt-dlpopen-source media/metadata extraction for some platforms · not a multi-platform profile API
share on X ↗"I just replaced Social Fetch ($29/mo) with one prompt"
questions
Vibecode Social Fetch

Not really. Social Fetch's value is not the code: Same rubric as everything else: this is infra, not a vibecodable SaaS UI. See the honest breakdown above.

How much does Social Fetch cost?

Social Fetch costs about $29/month (Starter, checked 2026-07-31), which is $348 per year.

What do I lose by replacing Social Fetch?

Honestly: 20+ platforms on one schema and one API key; proxy / anti-bot / captcha handling; someone else patching when platforms break; production metering, request IDs, and uptime; monitors, webhooks, and batch enrichment at volume. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to Social Fetch?

Yes: yt-dlp (open-source media/metadata extraction for some platforms · not a multi-platform profile API). Using prior art is also vibecoding; the prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.