Firecrawl vs XERJ
Firecrawl is an MCP server published by firecrawl. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). XERJ is an MCP server published by xerj-org. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-26. 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 |  Firecrawl |  XERJ |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:28e677a10704 Forks (GitHub): 919 Pulls (Docker Hub): 143 082 Stars (Docker Hub): 20 Stars (GitHub): 7 685 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0-rc.99 Forks (GitHub): 1 137 Stars (GitHub): 15 561 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 | XERJ |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 7 685 (worse) | 15 561 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 143 082 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 919 (worse) | 1 137 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-26 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/firecrawl) | On your machine (https://github.com/xerj-org/xerj/releases/download/mcpb-v1.0.0-rc.99/xerj-mcp-1.0.0-rc.99.mcpb) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 26 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 8, secrets among them: 1 | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mendableai/firecrawl-mcp-server | github.com/xerj-org/xerj |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 1 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-24 |
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, the context API for AI agents: search, scrape, and interact with the web, plus parse, crawl, map, Agent and Monitor, from any MCP client.
XERJ
The search engine for AI agents: cited answers from your local code, docs, specs and logs.
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)
XERJ
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Requires: XERJ_AUTH (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of XERJ publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Only Firecrawl asks for
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (secret)FIRECRAWL_API_URLFIRECRAWL_CREDIT_CRITICAL_THRESHOLDFIRECRAWL_CREDIT_WARNING_THRESHOLDFIRECRAWL_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTORFIRECRAWL_RETRY_INITIAL_DELAYFIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTSFIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_DELAY
Only XERJ asks for
XERJ_AUTH (secret)XERJ_URL
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Firecrawl · What it can do: XERJ · 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.