Overview Fetcher MCP exposes fetch_url, fetch_urls and browser_install tools that load pages in headless Chromium through Playwright and return Markdown, HTML or plain text. It can extract the main content with Readability, block images, stylesheets and fonts, and fetch several URLs in parallel tabs. It runs over stdio by default, or over Streamable HTTP, SSE and a REST API on a configurable port.
Who it is for: Developers giving MCP clients like Claude Desktop a JS-capable page fetcher
Strengths Executes JavaScript, so dynamic pages render before content is extracted Readability extraction with Markdown, HTML or plain-text output Parallel multi-URL fetching via fetch_urls using multiple tabs Supports stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE and REST, plus a visible-browser debug mode Weaknesses HTTP and REST endpoints have no authentication, including browser_install Private-IP blocking does not resolve hostnames or recheck redirects Needs a separate Playwright Chromium install on first run with npx No tagged releases What it needs no GPU Docker + Compose Needs Node.js, Playwright Chromium port 3000 Also in MCP servers for developers Rank Project Score 1 gitnexus Code knowledge graph exposed to coding agents through MCP tools (opens in a new tab) 97 out of 100 score 2 codegraph Local code knowledge graph that coding agents query over MCP 95 out of 100 score 3 playwright-mcp MCP server that lets LLMs drive a browser through Playwright accessibility snapshots 93 out of 100 score # 4code-review-graph Local Tree-sitter code graph that gives coding assistants review context over MCP 92 out of 100 score # 5fastmcp Python framework for building MCP servers, clients, and interactive apps 92 out of 100 score
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Releases No GitHub releases
Top contributor 74% of commits14 of 19 in the last 12 months
Security advisories NoneOn GitHub, in the last 12 months
OpenSSF Scorecard Not checked Read from GitHub, deps.dev and OpenSSF on 12 Nov 2026. Bots and coding-agent accounts are left out of the commit counts. Not part of the score: how we check .
License in plain words MIT Permissive
Use it at work Yes
Change it and rebrand it Yes
Sell it or host it for others Yes Your part: Keep the copyright and license notice in copies you ship.
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