Firecrawl
Web intelligence layer that turns any URL into LLM-optimised markdown. Handles JavaScript rendering, pagination, and structured extraction so your agent reads the live web instead of stale training data.
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["firecrawl-mcp"],
"env": { "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "your-key" }
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"firecrawl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"],
"env": { "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "your-key" }
}
}
}
6 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Handles JavaScript-rendered pages out of the box
- Structured extraction via schema definition
- Deep research mode for multi-step investigations
- Battle-tested at scale across thousands of production agents
- Requires API key (free tier available)
- Rate limits apply on the free plan
API key stored as environment variable. All requests go through Firecrawl cloud. Self-hosted option available for sensitive data.
Giving your agent access to the live web with clean, structured output
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading thisSteady growth since the v2 rewrite. Firecrawl is the most-starred web scraping MCP, outpacing alternatives by 3x on weekly star velocity.
// Reading thisDownloads accelerated after the deep_research tool shipped in v2.1. Trailing 4-week average is up 18%.
// Reading thisTop-ranked Data/Analytics server. Globally #8 reflects the narrower category audience compared to filesystem or code servers.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 4 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 4 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 5editorial | 3,200 | 28.4K / wk | APR 22, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | 4.6 community | 4,800 | 38.5K / wk | APR 21, 2026 |
| Smithery | 4.7 installs | 4,800 | 41.2K installs | APR 20, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | 4,810 | unavailable | APR 18, 2026 |
| MCP.so | 4.4 votes | 4,800 | unavailable | APR 15, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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