[Bug]: crawl4ai CLI missing after pip install – console-script entry not generated on Windows (0.7.8 wheel)

[KylanJimmy]

crawl4ai version

0.7.8

Expected Behavior

Description
After installing crawl4ai 0.7.8 with
bash
py -3.13 -m pip install "crawl4ai[all]"
the command crawl4ai is not found in PowerShell / CMD.
Inspecting \Scripts shows no crawl4ai.exe (or any crawl4ai* file) was created, so the FastAPI / Playground server cannot be started via the documented crawl4ai serve.

Current Behavior

Environment
OS: Windows 11 23H2
Python: 3.13 64-bit (installed for current user)
pip: 25.1.1
crawl4ai: 0.7.8 (pypi wheel)
Steps to reproduce
py -3.13 -m pip install "crawl4ai[all]"
crawl4ai serve → “‘crawl4ai’ is not recognized…”
dir "\Scripts\crawl4ai*" → File not found.

Is this reproducible?

Yes

Inputs Causing the Bug

Steps to Reproduce

Code snippets

OS

Windows 11 23H2

Python version

3.13 64-bit (installed for current user)

Browser

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Browser version

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Error logs & Screenshots (if applicable)

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[KylanJimmy]

The 0.7.8 wheel on PyPI seems to lack the [console-scripts] section in entry_points, so pip never generates the launcher executables.
Could you please add the missing entry-points or publish a 0.7.9 wheel that includes them?

[blueemp]

Analysis and Solution

Root Cause

The issue is that the console script is not defined in . Only is defined, but users expect to work based on documentation.

Recommended Fix

Add the missing entry to in :

[project.scripts]
crawl4ai = "crawl4ai.cli:main"  # Add this line
crawl4ai-download-models = "crawl4ai.model_loader:main"
crawl4ai-migrate = "crawl4ai.migrations:main"
crawl4ai-setup = "crawl4ai.install:post_install"
crawl4ai-doctor = "crawl4ai.install:doctor"
crwl = "crawl4ai.cli:main"

This will create both and on Windows, maintaining consistency with user expectations and documentation.

Alternative

Update all documentation to use instead of for CLI commands.