Firecrawl

Name: Firecrawl
Author: firecrawl

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by firecrawl

🔥 The Web Data API for AI - Power AI agents with clean web data

121.3k 0 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

AGPL-3.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 2d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio

0 tools

Grade F

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Firecrawl safe to use?: Firecrawl has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.
How do I install Firecrawl?: Firecrawl can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with Firecrawl?: Firecrawl is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Firecrawl actively maintained?: Firecrawl is actively maintained — last commit was 2 days ago. It has 121,250 GitHub stars.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Firecrawl safe to use?

Firecrawl has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

How do I install Firecrawl?

Firecrawl can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

What AI clients work with Firecrawl?

Firecrawl is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is Firecrawl actively maintained?

Firecrawl is actively maintained — last commit was 2 days ago. It has 121,250 GitHub stars.