fetcher-mcp
fetcher-mcp is an MCP server, listed under browser & scraping. It reaches playwright. Its repository has 1,088 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.
Connects to an MCP server to fetch web page content using a Playwright headless browser. No credentials required.
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. fetcher-mcp’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
MCP server for fetch web page content using Playwright headless browser.
What fetcher-mcp can do
3 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
fetch_url- Retrieve web page content from a specified URL
fetch_urls- Batch retrieve web page content from multiple URLs in parallel
browser_install- Install Playwright Chromium browser binary automatically
Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.
fetcher-mcp compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fetcher-mcp (this page) | playwright | None listed | 1,088 | 2026-01-14 | MIT |
| MCP-Server-Playwright | playwright(1 shared) | None listed | 297 | 2025-06-05 | MIT |
| cloakbrowser-mcp | playwright(1 shared) | None listed | 172 | 2026-10-24 | MIT |
| RedBook-Search-Comment-MCP | playwright(1 shared) | None listed | 44 | 2025-04-23 | — |
| aginxbrowser | playwright, puppeteer(1 shared) | None listed | 44 | 2026-10-25 | Apache-2.0 |
| periscope-mcp | playwright(1 shared) | None listed | 10 | 2026-07-18 | AGPL-3.0 |
Ranked by services in common with fetcher-mcp, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about fetcher-mcp
- What does fetcher-mcp do?
- Connects to an MCP server to fetch web page content using a Playwright headless browser. No credentials required.
- How do I install fetcher-mcp?
- 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/jae-jae/fetcher-mcp
- What does fetcher-mcp connect to, and what does it need?
- It reaches playwright.
- Is fetcher-mcp official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 1,088 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-01-14.
- What licence does fetcher-mcp use?
- The repository declares the MIT licence.
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