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shaft-mcp vs Zenrows
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SHAFT browser automation, capture, and offline deterministic failure diagnosis
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Zenrows MCP server — Fetch, Extract, Batch, and Browser Sessions for AI coding assistants
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (90 and 92 out of 100). Zenrows is hosted and callable through the gateway; shaft-mcp runs on your own machine.
| shaft-mcp | Zenrows | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A90/100 | A92/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Established |
| GitHub stars | 410 | 19 |
| Downloads / week | – | 500 |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-18 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |