webfetch-mcp vs fetch

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	webfetch-mcp by manooll	fetch by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 26	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	41	76
Official	—	✓
Categories	Web ScrapingSearchAI / LLM Tools	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Language	JavaScript	TypeScript
Last commit	7 mo ago	this month

webfetch-mcp · Summary

An MCP server providing real-time web access with tunable search and clean content extraction for local AI models.

fetch · Summary

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

webfetch-mcp · Use cases

Research assistants accessing the latest academic papers and technical documentation
Local AI models staying current with news and real-time information
Content extraction for analysis while filtering out ads and navigation elements
Scientific research across multiple specialized databases with targeted queries

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

webfetch-mcp · Install

Installation

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+
Docker & Docker Compose
SearxNG instance

Steps

Install SearxNG:

git clone https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker.git
cd searxng-docker
sed -i "s|ultrasecretkey|$(openssl rand -hex 32)|g" searxng/settings.yml
docker compose up -d

Install WebFetch.MCP:

git clone https://github.com/manull/webfetch-mcp.git
cd webfetch-mcp
npm install
node server.mjs

Configure in LM Studio or Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webfetch": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/full/path/to/webfetch-mcp/server.mjs"],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_BASE": "http://localhost:8080"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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