CRW Web Scraper vs pline.ai
CRW Web Scraper is an MCP server published by fastcrw. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). pline.ai is an MCP server published by grepsr. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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 |  CRW Web Scraper |  pline.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.37.2 Forks (GitHub): 104 Stars (GitHub): 1 149 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.3.9 Downloads/month (npm): 506 Downloads/week (npm): 506 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | CRW Web Scraper | pline.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 1 149 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 104 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (ghcr.io/fastcrw/crw:latest) | On your machine (pline-api) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/fastcrw/crw | github.com/grepsr/pline-api |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 8 |
| 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
CRW Web Scraper
Open-source web scraper for AI agents with scrape, crawl, and map tools
pline.ai
Scrape, crawl, batch-scrape, map, and search the web through the hosted pline.ai API.
How to run each
CRW Web Scraper As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio crw -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/fastcrw/crw:latest crw-mcppline.ai As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "PLINE_API_KEY=<YOUR_PLINE_API_KEY>" --transport stdio pline-api -- npx -y pline-apiRequires: PLINE_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
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: CRW Web Scraper · What it can do: pline.ai · Compare two other plugins
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