fetch vs camofox-mcp

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	fetch by modelcontextprotocol	camofox-mcp by redf0x1
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 61
30d uses	—	—
Score	76	47
Official	✓	—
Categories	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity	Browser AutomationWeb ScrapingSecurity
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
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.

camofox-mcp · Summary

Anti-detection browser MCP server with 47 automation tools for web interactions without blocking.

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

camofox-mcp · Use cases

Web scraping without detection for data extraction tasks
Automated account management on websites with anti-bot measures
Multi-tab workflows for complex web interactions and research

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"]
    }
  }
}

camofox-mcp · Install

Install CamoFox MCP by running both the browser server and MCP server components:

Start the browser server: npx camofox-browser@latest

Add CamoFox MCP to your MCP client (example for Claude Desktop):

{
  "servers": {
    "camofox": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "camofox-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "CAMOFOX_URL": "http://localhost:9377"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verify connection with: curl -fsS http://localhost:9377/health

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