reddit-mcp vs fetch

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	reddit-mcp by Arindam200	fetch by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 285	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	48	76
Official	—	✓
Categories	social-mediaWeb ScrapingAI / LLM Tools	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	5 mo ago	this month

reddit-mcp · Summary

MCP server providing access to Reddit data through PRAW API, with both read-only and authenticated functionality.

fetch · Summary

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

reddit-mcp · Use cases

Social media content analysis and engagement tracking
AI-driven community research and trend identification
Automated content creation and interaction on Reddit

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

reddit-mcp · Install

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Arindam200/reddit-mcp.git
cd reddit-mcp

Configure MCP server in your Claude Desktop config file (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "{{PATH_TO_UV}}",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "{{PATH_TO_SRC}}",
        "run",
        "server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REDDIT_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
        "REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret",
        "REDDIT_USERNAME": "your_username",
        "REDDIT_PASSWORD": "your_password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. Obtain Reddit API credentials from [Reddit's app preferences page](https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps).

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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