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io.github.firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server

Firecrawl MCP Server

83
TrustScore
✅ No clear abandonment signal detected; complete security and compatibility checks before production use

Before you connect

🔑 Needs an API key / tokenNode.js

Config example (to connect)

{
     "mcpServers": {
       "firecrawl-mcp": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"],
         "env": {
           "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR-API-KEY"
         }
       }
     }
   }

Works with these clients

  • Claude Desktopnpx
  • Claude Codenpx
  • Cursornpx
  • VS Codenpx
  • Windsurfnpx

Derived from the registry manifest (package type and transport) — we have not installed it ourselves. Check the official README before relying on it.

Install / Connect

claude mcp add firecrawl-mcp -- npx -y firecrawl-mcp@3.23.0

Follow the official README; env and args vary per server.

🛠️ Maintenance weight 30% · 85 pts

📝
Last commit1 days ago
📈
Commits in 90 days100
💬
Recent issues with replies25%
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Repo statusNormal

📊 Adoption weight 25% · 77 pts

GitHub stars7.1k (90d +0%)
📦
npm weekly downloads50.6k(+0%)
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Releases per month5.2

✅ Usability weight 20% · 100 pts

📋
Official registryListed
▶️
Runnable entryResolvable (npx/remote)
🔍
AuditabilityOpen-source repo, auditable

❤️ Health & community weight 25% · 71 pts

🐛
open issues161
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open PRs
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LicenseMIT
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Contributors / forks26 / 824

Sources: GitHub API · npm registry · Official registry · updated 2026-07-30

90-day trend

⭐ stars +0%

📦 weekly downloads +0%

Similar / alternative servers

How to choose among these

Browser servers differ mainly on local vs. cloud, and whether you need to handle login / dynamic pages.

  • Operate login-gated, JS-rendered sitesPick Playwright MCP — a real browser with the fullest interaction
  • Bulk-scrape static sites to Markdown / feed a knowledge basePick Firecrawl — easiest for whole-site crawl and extraction
  • Want scaled, cloud-hosted browsersPick Browserbase / Hyperbrowser — cloud sessions

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