Command Line

Call all 13 BuiltWith API methods from your terminal. Each parameter has a flag.

Installation

# Homebrew
brew install zcaceres/tap/builtwith

# npm (global)
npm install -g builtwith-api

# Run without installing
npx --package builtwith-api builtwith free example.com --api-key YOUR_KEY

GitHub Releases also provides standalone binaries.

Output Format

Output defaults to JSON. Use --table for readable terminal output:

builtwith free example.com --table

--table renders nested data as columns and key-value pairs. Use the default JSON for pipes and scripts.

Authentication

Set your API key as an environment variable:

export BUILTWITH_API_KEY=your-key-here

Or pass it with each command:

builtwith free example.com --api-key your-key-here

Commands

free

Basic technology profile for a domain.

builtwith free example.com

domain

Detailed technology profile with optional filters.

builtwith domain example.com
builtwith domain example.com --onlyLiveTechnologies --hideAll
builtwith domain "example.com,other.com"

Flag	Description
--hideAll	Hide description text and links
--hideDescriptionAndLinks	Hide description and links only
--onlyLiveTechnologies	Only return live technologies
--noMetaData	Exclude metadata
--noAttributeData	Exclude attribute data
--noPII	Exclude personally identifiable information
--includeTrust	Include Trust API data (uses an additional API credit)
--firstDetectedRange	Filter by first detected date range (YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DD|YYYY-MM-DD)
--lastDetectedRange	Filter by last detected date range (YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DD|YYYY-MM-DD)

domainLive

Real-time technology scan.

builtwith domainLive example.com

lists

List domains using a technology.

builtwith lists Shopify
builtwith lists React --since 2024-01-01 --includeMetaData

trends

Technology adoption trends.

builtwith trends jQuery
builtwith trends React --date 2024-06

relationships

Find related domains via shared identifiers.

builtwith relationships example.com

keywords

Get SEO keywords for a domain.

builtwith keywords example.com

trust

Domain trust and verification score.

builtwith trust example.com
builtwith trust example.com --words "shop,buy" --live

companyToUrl

Find domains associated with a company.

builtwith companyToUrl Google
builtwith companyToUrl Google --tld com --amount 5

tags

Tracking and analytics tags.

builtwith tags example.com

recommendations

Technology recommendations.

builtwith recommendations example.com

redirects

Redirect chains (inbound and outbound).

builtwith redirects example.com

product

Search e-commerce products.

builtwith product "wireless headphones"

Examples

Free lookup

builtwith free google.com

Domain with flags

builtwith domain example.com \
  --onlyLiveTechnologies

Multi-domain lookup

builtwith domain "a.com,b.com"

Technology lists

builtwith lists Shopify \
  --since 2024-01-01

All Commands

Command	Description
free	Basic technology profile for a domain
domain	Detailed technology profile with spend history
domainLive	Real-time technology scan
lists	List domains using a specific technology
trust	Trust and verification score
trends	Technology adoption trends
keywords	Get keywords for domains
relationships	Find related domains via shared identifiers
companyToUrl	Find domains for a company name
tags	Tracking and analytics tags
recommendations	Technology recommendations
redirects	Redirect chain history
product	E-commerce product search

Piping and scripting

# Extract technology names with jq
builtwith free stripe.com | jq '.groups[].name'

# Save to file
builtwith domain example.com > profile.json

# Process multiple domains
for domain in stripe.com shopify.com vercel.com; do
  builtwith free "$domain" > "${domain}.json"
done

Help

builtwith --help
builtwith domain --help
builtwith --version