firecrawl-mcp-server vs filesystem

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	firecrawl-mcp-server by firecrawl	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 6,317	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	60	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	Web ScrapingDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	JavaScript	TypeScript
Last commit	this month	this month

firecrawl-mcp-server · Summary

Official Firecrawl MCP Server brings web scraping, search, and page interaction capabilities to MCP-compatible AI agents.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

firecrawl-mcp-server · Use cases

Web research for content analysis and information gathering
Automated data extraction from websites for business intelligence
Real-time web search capabilities integrated into AI conversations

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

firecrawl-mcp-server · Install

Installation

Running with npx

env FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-YOUR_API_KEY npx -y firecrawl-mcp

Manual Installation

npm install -g firecrawl-mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-firecrawl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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