Kreuzcrawl MCP Server

Turn any website into clean, structured data. Point Crawlberg at a URL and get back Markdown, metadata, and links - from a single page or a whole site - in the language you already use.

People who work with crawling, elixir and ffi and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-28 · ★ 179 · #49 OF 97 MAINTAINED WEB SCRAPING · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

MIT · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Kreuzcrawl

Docker

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0

Claude Desktop - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kreuzberg-dev-kreuzcrawl": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

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Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.kreuzberg-dev is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Kreuzcrawl can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v1.8.0 · 2026-09-27

Includes twelve issues raised by an external evaluation, ten of them in the crawl path. Most were · defects a green e2e suite could not see: the fixtures covering the affected behaviours passed with · the bugs fully…

v1.7.2 · 2026-09-24

A wasm and kotlin_android correctness release. A wasm engine handle was unusable after one call, · and the kotlin_android e2e suite had never once completed a run. Both traced to the binding · generator, so the fixes…

v1.7.1 · 2026-09-16

A release-tooling fix. 1.7.0's Java artifact never reached Maven Central; this version carries the · fix and publishes it. No library code changed, so 1.7.0 and 1.7.1 are byte-identical apart from the · version string…

04 · Who maintains Kreuzcrawl

Kreuzcrawl is maintained by kreuzberg-dev. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl
website: https://kreuzberg.dev/
category: web scraping - ranked #49 of 97 actively-maintained web scraping servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-27)
registry: io.github.kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl (active, first published 2026-06-21 · 4 versions)
packages: oci:ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0

06 · Kreuzcrawl FAQ

What is Kreuzcrawl?

Turn any website into clean, structured data. Point Crawlberg at a URL and get back Markdown, metadata, and links - from a single page or a whole site - in the language you already use.

Is Kreuzcrawl still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-28 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Kreuzcrawl?

Run `docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/kreuzberg-dev/kreuzcrawl:0.3.0`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

07 · Alternatives to Kreuzcrawl

Alternatives to Kreuzcrawl

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Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Kreuzcrawl doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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