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.
“The web intelligence layer every automation builder should wire up first. Handles JS rendering, rate limits, and structured extraction so your agent reads live pages cleanly.”
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 this6,202 stars on the mendableai/firecrawl-mcp-server repo. 14 commits on main in the last 30 days. Audit (2026-05-03) refreshed stored value (3,200 → 6,202).
// 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 | 6,202 | 28.4K / wk | MAY 3, 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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