Head to head
shaft-mcp vs MCP
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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SHAFT browser automation, capture, and offline deterministic failure diagnosis
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours MCP (99/100 against 90). MCP is hosted and callable through the gateway; shaft-mcp runs on your own machine. shaft-mcp has noticeably more public adoption.
| shaft-mcp | MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A90/100 | A99/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 410 | 0 |
| Downloads / week | – | – |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-11 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |