Firecrawl vs CRW Web Scraper
Firecrawl is an MCP server published by firecrawl. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). CRW Web Scraper is an MCP server published by us. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace | ||
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:28e677a10704 Forks (GitHub): 905 Pulls (Docker Hub): 137 217 Stars (Docker Hub): 20 Stars (GitHub): 7 588 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.36.0 Forks (GitHub): 93 Stars (GitHub): 1 119 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Firecrawl | CRW Web Scraper |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 588 (better) | 1 119 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 137 217 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 905 (better) | 93 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/firecrawl) | On your machine (ghcr.io/us/crw:latest) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 26 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 8, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mendableai/firecrawl-mcp-server | github.com/us/crw |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Firecrawl
🔥 Official Firecrawl MCP Server - Adds powerful web scraping and search to Cursor, Claude and any other LLM clients.
CRW Web Scraper
Open-source web scraper for AI agents with scrape, crawl, and map tools
How to run each
Firecrawl As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=<YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>" --transport stdio firecrawl -- docker run -i --rm -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY mcp/firecrawlRequires: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (secret)
CRW Web Scraper As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio crw -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/us/crw:latestCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of CRW Web Scraper publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of CRW Web Scraper publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Firecrawl · What it can do: CRW Web Scraper · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.