web-browser-mcp-server
web-browser-mcp-server is an MCP server, listed under browser & scraping. Its repository has 45 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.
This implementation provides web browsing capabilities using BeautifulSoup4 and connects to an MCP server.
Install
MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. web-browser-mcp-server’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.
What it reaches, and what it needs
Maintenance
A Minimum Control Program (MCP) server implementation for web browsing capabilities using BeautifulSoup4
What web-browser-mcp-server can do
1 tool documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
browse_webpage- Browse and extract content from web pages with optional CSS selectors:
Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.
web-browser-mcp-server compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| web-browser-mcp-server (this page) | — | None listed | 45 | 2025-03-05 | MIT |
| mcp-chrome | chrome | None listed | 12,501 | 2026-01-06 | MIT |
| webclaw | webclaw | WEBCLAW_API_KEY | 2,386 | 2026-10-21 | AGPL-3.0 |
| fetcher-mcp | playwright | None listed | 1,088 | 2026-01-14 | MIT |
| puppeteer-mcp-server | chrome, puppeteer | None listed | 486 | 2025-03-14 | MIT |
| moling | — | None listed | 339 | 2026-03-15 | Apache-2.0 |
Ranked by services in common with web-browser-mcp-server, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about web-browser-mcp-server
- What does web-browser-mcp-server do?
- This implementation provides web browsing capabilities using BeautifulSoup4 and connects to an MCP server.
- How do I install web-browser-mcp-server?
- Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/blazickjp/web-browser-mcp-server
- Is web-browser-mcp-server official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 45 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-03-05.
- What licence does web-browser-mcp-server use?
- The repository declares the MIT licence.
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