What is webclaw?
webclaw is a MCP server by 0xMassi that web scraping, crawling, extraction, summarization, diffing and research, using TLS fingerprinting to bypass anti-bot checks without a browser. It is listed under Other and has 2,381 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | 0xMassi |
| Repository | 0xMassi/webclaw |
| Popularity | 2,381 GitHub stars |
| Category | Other |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #121 of 4,418 MCP servers; #13 in Other |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-16 |
| Stars this week | +8 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Rust |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux |
Is webclaw safe to install?
webclaw scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 5 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install webclaw?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add webclaw -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http webclaw <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs webclaw for you:
Add the "webclaw" MCP server from https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.