Skip to content

docs: Update Actorization playbook with badge link and resources #2624

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
jancurn merged 3 commits into from
Jun 9, 2026
Merged

docs: Update Actorization playbook with badge link and resources #2624

Show file tree
Hide file tree
Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
3 commits
Select commit Hold shift + click to select a range
301a31b
docs: link Actor ideas and status badge from actorization guide
claude Jun 5, 2026
53483e2
docs: replace drifting stats with generic text, add status badge link…
claude Jun 8, 2026
2f66df4
docs: set permissions page title to "Actor permissions"
claude Jun 8, 2026
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions sources/academy/build-and-publish/how-to-build/actorization_playbook.mdx
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ category: build-and-publish
slug: /actorization
---

Apify is a cloud platform with a [marketplace](https://apify.com/store) of 6,000+ web scraping and automation tools called _Actors_. These tools are used for extracting data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, travel portals, and general websites.
Apify is a cloud platform with a [marketplace](https://apify.com/store) of web scraping and automation tools called _Actors_. These tools are used for extracting data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, travel portals, and general websites.

Most Actors are developed by a global creator community, and some are developed by Apify. We have 18k monthly active users/developers on the platform (growing 138% YoY). Last month, we paid out $170k to creators (growing 118% YoY), and in total, over the program's history, we paid out almost $2M to them.
Most Actors are developed by a global creator community, and some are developed by Apify. The platform has a growing base of monthly active users and developers, and creators earn money from their Actors through Apify's monetization program.

## What are Actors

Expand All @@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ For open-source developers, Actorization adds value without extra costs:
- Host your code in the cloud for easy user trials (no local installs needed).
- Avoid managing cloud infrastructure - users cover the costs.
- Earn income through [Apify’s Open Source Fair Share program](https://apify.com/partners/open-source-fair-share) via GitHub Sponsors or direct payouts.
- Publish and monetize 10x faster than building a micro-SaaS, with Apify handling infra, billing, and access to 700,000+ monthly visitors and 70,000 signups.
- Publish and monetize 10x faster than building a micro-SaaS, with Apify handling infra, billing, and access to its established user base.

:::

For example, IBM’s [Docling project](https://github.com/docling-project/docling) merged our pull request that actorized their open-source GitHub repo (24k stars) and added the Apify Actor badge to the README:
For example, IBM’s [Docling project](https://github.com/docling-project/docling) merged our pull request that actorized their popular open-source GitHub repo and added the [Apify Actor status badge](/platform/actors/publishing/status-badge) to the README:

![Docling Apify badge](images/actorization-playbook/docling-apify-badge.png)

Expand All @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ You can Actorize various projects ranging from open-source libraries, throughout
| Playwright MCP | Open source MCP server | [https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp) | [https://apify.com/jiri.spilka/playwright-mcp-server](https://apify.com/jiri.spilka/playwright-mcp-server) |
| Browserbase MCP | SaaS MCP server | [https://www.browserbase.com/](https://www.browserbase.com/) | [https://apify.com/agentify/browserbase-mcp-server/api/mcp](https://apify.com/agentify/browserbase-mcp-server/api/mcp) |

For more inspiration on which open-source libraries to wrap as Actors, see the [open-source libraries](/academy/build-and-publish/actor-ideas/find-actor-ideas#open-source-libraries) section in the guide on finding Actor ideas.

### What projects are suitable for Actorization

Use these criteria to decide if your project is a good candidate for Actorization:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -136,3 +138,5 @@ Deployment to the Apify platform can be done easily via `apify push` command of
### 6. Publish and monetize

For details on publishing the Actor in [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store) see the [Publishing and monetization](/platform/actors/publishing). You can also follow the guide on [How to create an Actor README](/academy/actor-marketing-playbook/actor-basics/how-to-create-an-actor-readme) and [Marketing checklist](/academy/actor-marketing-playbook/promote-your-actor/checklist).

To show your Actor's current status and usage in your README or documentation, add the [Actor status badge](/platform/actors/publishing/status-badge).
3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion sources/platform/actors/development/permissions/index.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
---
title: Permissions
title: Actor permissions
sidebar_label: Permissions
description: Learn how to declare and manage permissions for your Actor, what access levels mean, and how to build secure, trusted Actors for Apify users.
sidebar_position: 7.5
slug: /actors/development/permissions
Expand Down
Loading