Gerapy is a legacy full-stack solution for deploying Scrapy projects, offering a Django management dashboard and the Scrapyd API to streamline the management and deployment of web scrapers. Despite its utility in providing a centralized, GUI-based interface for managing scrapers, Gerapy has not kept pace with recent Python developments, requiring users to revert to Python 3.10 and manually adjust dependencies and internal code to resolve compatibility issues. Although the setup process is laborious, involving a significant amount of trial and error, once configured, Gerapy allows users to deploy scrapers quickly, automate tasks with a built-in scheduler, and integrate proxies directly into spider settings. While Gerapy remains useful for DevOps teams needing centralized scraper management, its outdated codebase introduces technical debt and necessitates ongoing maintenance, prompting some users to consider alternatives like Scrapyd or more modern, cloud-based solutions.