crw MCP Server
fastcrw/crw
Fast, lightweight Firecrawl/Tavily alternative in Rust. Web scraper, crawler & search API with MCP server for AI agents. Drop-in Firecrawl-compatible API (/scrape, /crawl, /search). 2.3x faster than Tavily, 1.5x faster than Firecrawl in 1K-URL benchmarks. 6 MB RAM, single binary. Self-host or use managed cloud.
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fastcrw/crw is a Rust MCP server licensed under AGPL-3.0. Fast, lightweight Firecrawl/Tavily alternative in Rust. Web scraper, crawler & search API with MCP server for AI agents. Drop-in Firecrawl-compatible API (/scrape, /crawl, /search). 2.3x faster than Tavily, 1.5x faster than Firecrawl in 1K-URL benchmarks. 6 MB RAM, single binary. Self-host or use managed cloud. Topics: ai, ai-agents, crawler, data-extraction, docker, html-to-markdown, llm, markdown, mcp, rust, self-hosted, web-crawler, web-scraper, web-scraping, firecrawl-alternative, mcp-server, scraping-api, tavily-alternative, web-search-api.
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Has 1,069 GitHub stars.
Has 14 contributors.
Actively maintained with commits in the last week.
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1,069 stars → well-known project
Last commit today → actively maintained
51/62 issues closed → responsive maintainer
14 contributors → active community
No dependents → no downstream usage
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<p align="center"> </p> <h1 align="center">fastCRW</h1> <p align="center"> Turn URLs into clean <strong>markdown</strong> or structured <strong>JSON</strong> with one engine for search, scrape, map, crawl, and extract. </p> <p align="center"> Run it locally as a small Rust binary or use the managed API. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://fastcrw.com/register?ref=gh-hero"><strong>Get 1000 free credits →</strong></a> · <a href="#one-command-install"><strong>Install</strong></a> · <a href="https://docs.fastcrw.com"><strong>Docs</strong></a> </p> <p align="center"> <sub>No credit card. Continue with GitHub.</sub> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://crates.io/crates/crw-server"></a> <a href="https://pypi.org/project/crw/"></a> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/crw-mcp"></a> <a href="https://github.com/fastcrw/crw/actions/workflows/ci.yml"></a> <a href="LICENSE"></a> <a href="https://github.com/fastcrw/crw/stargazers"></a> </p> ## One-commaRead full README on GitHub →
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