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WebReaper

WebReaper is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. AI-native web scraper: scrape, crawl and map any site to clean markdown over stdio. It has 152 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with dnx WebReaper.Mcp --yes.

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Install WebReaper

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webreaper": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "WebReaper.Mcp",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio webreaper -- dnx WebReaper.Mcp --yes

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webreaper": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "WebReaper.Mcp",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "webreaper": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "WebReaper.Mcp",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About WebReaper

AI-native web scraper. Single binary with a bundled Claude Code skill. Windows binaries are on the GitHub Releases page; winget and Scoop are on the v10.1 roadmap.

  • crawler
  • parser
  • webcrawler
  • webscraping
  • scraper
  • parsing
  • scraping
  • scraping-api
  • scraping-web
  • scraping-websites

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FAQ

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How do I install the WebReaper MCP server?

Add the command dnx WebReaper.Mcp --yes to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is WebReaper free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is WebReaper actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 4, 2026. The latest release is v11.3.2, published Jun 28, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.