mcp-aktools vs fetch

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	mcp-aktools by aahl	fetch by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 381	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	50	76
Official	—	✓
Categories	FinanceAI / LLM ToolsOther	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	2 mo ago	this month

mcp-aktools · Summary

MCP server providing stock and cryptocurrency data query and analysis tools.

fetch · Summary

An MCP server that fetches web content and converts HTML to markdown, allowing LLMs to read web pages.

mcp-aktools · Use cases

Financial analysts can retrieve stock data and market information to inform investment decisions
Developers building applications requiring real-time stock and crypto market data
Individual investors monitoring their portfolio performance and getting market insights

fetch · Use cases

LLMs reading news articles and blogs
Content analysis of web pages
Retrieving information from public websites
Chunked reading of large web documents

mcp-aktools · Install

Installation

Using uvx

Add to your MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aktools": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-aktools"],
      "env": {
        "OKX_BASE_URL": "https://okx.4url.cn",
        "BINANCE_BASE_URL": "https://bian.4url.cn",
        "NEWSNOW_BASE_URL": "https://newsnow.busiyi.world",
        "NEWSNOW_CHANNELS": "wallstreetcn-quick,cls-telegraph,jin10"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

mkdir /opt/mcp-aktools
cd /opt/mcp-aktools
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aahl/mcp-aktools/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.yml
docker-compose up -d

Then configure with:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aktools": {
      "url": "http://0.0.0.0:8808/mcp"
    }
  }
}

fetch · Install

Installation

**Using uv (recommended)** No specific installation needed. Use uvx to run the server directly:

uvx mcp-server-fetch

**Using PIP** Install via pip:

pip install mcp-server-fetch

Then run as:

python -m mcp_server_fetch

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
    }
  }
}

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