How does Mcp Server Scraper compare to Firecrawl?
It is a free, open-source alternative that performs the same core task for static server-rendered pages without needing a paid API key.
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基本信息
MCP server for web scraping — extract clean markdown, links, metadata from any URL
使用下面的配置,将此服务器添加到你的 MCP 客户端。
{
"mcpServers": {
"scraper": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-server-scraper"
]
}
}
}Extract clean text content from a URL (Readability-powered)
Get all links with href and anchor text
Get title, description, OG tags, canonical, favicon
Search for a query string within the page, return matching lines
Batch scrape multiple URLs, get title + excerpt per URL
Mcp Server Scraper extracts clean, readable markdown content from any URL using Mozilla Readability. It returns text, links, and metadata with no API keys or configuration, serving as a free alternative to Firecrawl for scraping documentation, blogs, and articles.
Install and run with npx mcp-server-scraper, then configure it in your MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) by adding the command to the client’s mcpServers JSON. Once connected, use the provided tools like scrape_url to extract content.
scrape_url – extract clean text via Readabilityextract_links – get all links with href and anchor textextract_metadata – retrieve title, OG tags, faviconsearch_page – find a query string within a pagescrape_multiple – batch scrape URLs for titles and excerptsIt is a free, open-source alternative that performs the same core task for static server-rendered pages without needing a paid API key.
Only Node.js and `npx` – no additional accounts, API keys, or headless browser are needed.
Server-rendered pages such as documentation sites, blog posts, and articles. JavaScript-heavy single-page applications (SPAs) are not supported.
No, it fetches and processes content on demand; no data is persisted locally or sent to any external service.
It runs locally via `npx` and communicates with MCP clients over stdio. No network transport or authentication is required.
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