fetch vs web-scout-mcp

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	fetch by modelcontextprotocol	web-scout-mcp by pinkpixel-dev
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 128
30d uses	—	—
Score	76	49
Official	✓	—
Categories	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity	SearchWeb ScrapingDeveloper Tools
Language	TypeScript	JavaScript
Last commit	this month	this month

fetch · Summary

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

web-scout-mcp · Summary

A robust MCP server providing web search and content extraction capabilities through DuckDuckGo integration.

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

web-scout-mcp · Use cases

Enabling AI assistants to search the web for real-time information
Extracting content from multiple web pages for research purposes
Integrating web search capabilities into custom MCP applications

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"]
    }
  }
}

web-scout-mcp · Install

Installing Web Scout MCP Server

**Via Smithery (for Claude Desktop):**

npx -y @smithery/cli install @pinkpixel-dev/web-scout-mcp --client claude

**Global Installation:**

npm install -g @pinkpixel/web-scout-mcp

**Local Installation:**

npm install @pinkpixel/web-scout-mcp

**Claude Desktop Configuration:** Add to your Claude Desktop's config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-scout": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pinkpixel/web-scout-mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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