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Common Crawl index API 2026: the current CC-MAIN index IDs
The current index is cc-main-2026-apr-may-jun, built from CC-MAIN-2026-17, CC-MAIN-2026-21 and CC-MAIN-2026-25. Copy-paste API URLs for both the Common Crawl CDX index and crawlgraph.
Jul 24, 2026·4 min·800 words
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crawlgraph now has a free API tier (15 backlink calls a month, no card)
request a key on the docs page and it lands in your inbox. 15 backlink lookups a month on Common Crawl's open web graph, forever free. connect over hosted MCP or run the local npm server.
Jul 3, 2026·3 min·500 words
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