Deepcrawl
Clone websites, scrape pages to markdown and crawl whole sites. A free Firecrawl alternative.
Installation
Ajoutez ceci à la configuration MCP de votre client (Claude Desktop : claude_desktop_config.json ; Cursor : .cursor/mcp.json ; VS Code et les autres utilisent la même forme « mcpServers »).
https://github.com/Soflutionltd/deepcrawl/releases/download/v1.1.0/deepcrawl.mcpbDocumentation
Tirée du README du projet sur GitHub, actualisée chaque semaine. Les liens ouvrent GitHub.
Clone, scrape and crawl any website. Free Firecrawl alternative. No API keys, no rate limits, no subscription.
Quick Start
Cursor (one-click): Click the "Install in Cursor" button above.
Manual MCP config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"deepcrawl-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "deepcrawl-mcp@latest"]
}
}
}
CLI:
npx deepcrawl-mcp@latest
Tools
deepcrawl_scrape
Scrape a single page and return clean markdown. Extracts title, description, links, images, and metadata. Strips navigation, footer, ads, and tracking.
"Scrape https://example.com and give me the main content"
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
url | required | Page URL to scrape |
mainContentOnly | true | Extract only main content (skip nav/footer) |
includeLinks | true | Include discovered links |
includeImages | true | Include image URLs |
deepcrawl_clone
Clone a full page with all assets: HTML, CSS, JS, images, fonts, favicons. Downloads everything into a local folder, rewrites URLs to relative paths. Open index.html in a browser and it works.
"Clone https://competitor.com into a local folder"
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
url | required | Page URL to clone |
outputDir | ~/deepcrawl-clones/<domain> | Output folder |
depth | 0 | Link depth: 0 = single page, 1+ = follow links |
deepcrawl_crawl
Crawl an entire site following internal links. Returns every page as clean markdown. Great for content analysis, SEO audit, or feeding a RAG pipeline.
"Crawl https://docs.example.com and return all pages as markdown"
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
url | required | Starting URL |
maxPages | 20 | Max pages to crawl (max: 100) |
includeImages | false | Include image URLs per page |
deepcrawl_map
Discover all URLs from a site via sitemap.xml parsing and homepage link crawling. Run this before a crawl to see the site's scope.
"Map all pages on https://example.com"
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
url | required | Site URL |
maxUrls | 200 | Max URLs to discover |
vs Firecrawl
| deepcrawl | Firecrawl | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $19+/mo |
| API key | None | Required |
| Rate limits | None | Yes |
| Scrape to markdown | Yes | Yes |
| Full site crawl | Yes | Yes |
| Site map | Yes | Yes |
| Clone with assets | Yes | No |
| JS rendering | Yes (via Playwright) | Yes |
| Anti-bot bypass | Partial (UA rotation, headers, delays) | Yes |
deepcrawl handles static sites out of the box. For JS-heavy SPAs (React, Next.js, SvelteKit), install Playwright for full rendering:
npm install -g playwright
npx playwright install chromium
Once installed, deepcrawl auto-detects Playwright and enables JS rendering. Use jsRender: true on any tool to activate it. All tools also include UA rotation, realistic browser headers, and random delays to avoid basic bot detection.
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License
MIT
Questions fréquentes
Qu'est-ce que Deepcrawl ?
Clone websites, scrape pages to markdown and crawl whole sites. A free Firecrawl alternative.
Comment installer Deepcrawl ?
Suivez les étapes d'installation de sa documentation, affichée sur cette page et dans son dépôt.
Faut-il une clé API pour Deepcrawl ?
Son entrée au registre n'indique aucune clé ni secret obligatoire. Certaines fonctions peuvent tout de même demander un compte auprès du service auquel il se connecte.
Deepcrawl est-il open source ?
Oui. Son code est sur GitHub sous licence MIT.
Qui maintient Deepcrawl ?
Il est publié par Soflutionltd. AI.tn le référence sans le maintenir ni le recommander.
Issu du registre MCP officiel. Être listé n'est pas une recommandation : vérifiez le code et les permissions d'un serveur avant de lui donner accès à vos données.