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firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server

RepoRadar surfaced firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server — an MCP server — into the Radar section, where it sits at Gold tier with a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 9.6 out of 10.

Score8.5
Popularity58.0
Riskconditional
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness9.0
Novelty6.0
Momentum8.0
Maturity7.8
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.6
Setup ease6.4

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for people building agents that need dependable website retrieval and extraction instead of brittle one-off scraping scripts.

Where this stands now

firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server ranks #131 of 2304 tracked Radar items by composite score (8.5 against a section median of 5.2). The section currently carries 1197 Bronze, 645 Gold, 462 Silver. RepoRadar has retained observations for this record since 2026-06-20 (99 days in the current window). Signal extremes versus the section: momentum at the 79th percentile.

Who should use it

agent builders research automation support teams extracting docs developers working with web data

Who should skip it

Skip firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server if the source link, documentation, or setup requirements do not align with your current workflow or stack.

About this signal

firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server is tracked by RepoRadar as an MCP server in the Radar section. First seen 2026-06-20; the source record was last checked on 2026-06-20. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and moderate setup difficulty. firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server leads on workflow potential (9.6) and practical usefulness (9.0); its lowest signal is novelty (6.0), so factor that in before investing setup time. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.

How this item is evaluated

The firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server record combines a 8.5/10 composite score with separate popularity (58.0), risk (conditional), and setup (moderate) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Questions worth asking before you adopt this

Putting this into practice? Read How to vet an AI agent or MCP server before you wire it in for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

Prompts and fetched page content may transit a third-party service, so do not point it at private or regulated data before reviewing the data path; Scraping internal or authenticated sites through an external service can leak content or trigger policy problems if you treat it like a generic browser.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
mcp web-search scraping content-extraction agents
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-09-27T21:37:36Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

78 dated snapshots retained from 2026-06-20 through 2026-09-27; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score8.5 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum9.3 current · +1.3 net
GitHub stars (observed)7,517 current · +586 net
GitHub stars7,517 exact observation
Versionv3.2.1
Last release2025-09-26T07:31:17Z
MaintenanceActive
Current riskConditional
Current verdictTry now
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineClaude, Model Context Protocol

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-09-278.59.37,517ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-268.59.37,515ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-258.59.37,512ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-248.59.37,510ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-238.59.37,506ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-228.59.07,502ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-218.59.07,498ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-208.59.37,491ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-198.59.07,487ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-178.59.07,478ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-158.59.37,457ConditionalTry nowActive
2026-09-138.59.07,443ConditionalTry nowActive

Why the record changed

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