# Kreuzcrawl (MCP server)

> Kreuzcrawl is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Scrape, crawl, and map websites to Markdown or JSON via local CLI. It has 182 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0.

Turn any website into clean, structured data. Point Crawlberg at a URL and get back Markdown, metadata, and links — from a single page or a whole site — in the language you already use.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/xberg-io/crawlberg |
| GitHub stars | 182 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Rust |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | docker: ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0 |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Web & browsing |
| Latest release | v1.10.2 (Oct 6, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kreuzcrawl": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio kreuzcrawl -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kreuzcrawl": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "kreuzcrawl": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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