crw

Lightweight web scraping, crawling, and search API with MCP server support.

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Type: MCP
Transport: http
Open source: Yes
GitHub Stars: ★ 1.1k
Source: mcp-github
Repository: github.com/fastcrw/crw

Overview

fastCRW is a fast, lightweight alternative to Firecrawl/Tavily, written in Rust. It provides an MCP server enabling AI agents to perform web scraping, crawling, and searching. The tool is compatible with the Firecrawl API (/scrape, /crawl, /search) and is 2.3x faster than Tavily and 1.5x faster than Firecrawl on a 1K-URL benchmark. With only 6MB of memory usage, it can be self-hosted or used via managed cloud services.

Capabilities

▪Web scraping
▪Website crawling
▪Web search
▪Structured data extraction
▪Markdown and JSON output

Use cases

Automated data collectionContent analysisMarket researchCompetitive intelligence

Setup

Requires: API Key

curl -fsSL https://fastcrw.com/install | sh

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FAQ

How do I install fastCRW?

Run `curl -fsSL https://fastcrw.com/install | sh`.

Do I need an API key?

Yes, an API key is required when using the managed cloud service.

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