Crawl4ai Mcp Server

---
name: "Crawl4AI MCP Server"
slug: "crawl4ai-mcp-server"
description: "Self-hosted web crawling and content extraction exposed as MCP tools. Scrape pages, crawl sites with depth control, and extract clean markdown — all self-hosted and free."
github_stars: 89
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/sadiuysal/crawl4ai-mcp-server"
author: "Şadi Uysal"
publisher_type: "individual"
category: "Data Extraction & Transformation"
framework: "MCP"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "sadiuysal/crawl4ai-mcp-server"
  github_stars: 89
---

# Crawl4AI MCP Server

Self-hosted web crawling and content extraction exposed as MCP tools. Scrape pages, crawl sites with depth control, and extract clean markdown — all self-hosted and free.

## Prerequisites

MCP-compatible client, Python 3.10+ with Playwright or Docker

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Docker eliminates all setup complexity and provides a consistent environment:
- docker pull uysalsadi/crawl4ai-mcp-server:latest
- git clone https://github.com/uysalsadi/crawl4ai-mcp-server.git
- docker build -f Dockerfile.simple -t crawl4ai-mcp .

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Choose between **Docker** (recommended) or **manual installation**:
- ### Option A: Docker (Recommended) 🐳
- python test-config.py

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ## 🚀 Quick Start
- # No setup required! Just pull and run the published image

- Source: https://github.com/sadiuysal/crawl4ai-mcp-server
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sadiuysal/crawl4ai-mcp-server/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://docs.crawl4ai.com/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/crawl4ai-mcp-server/)