Arachne MCP server
io.github.Samuelfmedeiros/arachne-mcp·v1.4.0Arachne MCP — scraping, browser, vision, OCR, RAG, Social Research, GitHub + VRT (56 tools).
0 stars54 downloads/wk
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Arachne tools
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Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-11-04 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan3 source files scanned20/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
- Maintenancelast push 16 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
Findings (1)
- mediumeval / new Function used
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How Arachne compares
Against every graded Scraping and browsing MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 75/100
- higher than 45% of 866 Scraping and browsing servers
- Downloads a week
- 54
- more than 37% of 309 Scraping and browsing servers with a package
Install Arachne in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add arachne-mcp -- uvx arachne-mcp
What the publisher says
From the Arachne repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
<!-- mcp-name: io.github.Samuelfmedeiros/arachne-mcp -->
🕷️ Arachne MCP Server
🌐 English · 🇧🇷 Português
49 MCP tools for web scraping, browser automation, computer vision, audio transcription, RAG, Social Sentiment Research, and Visual Regression Testing (VRT) — the Oito Olhos (Spider's Eight Eyes) — all through the Arachne API.
Backed by Arachne. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex CLI, Hermes, and any MCP client.
✨ Tools (49)
🔍 Web & Data
🔍 Social Sentiment Research
👁️ Vision & Audio
🕷️ Oito Olhos — Visual Regression Testing (VRT)
🤖 Desktop & Agentic
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Arachne: common questions
- Is Arachne MCP server safe?
- Mostly: it is graded B (75/100). Read the Arachne safety report
- How do I install Arachne?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Arachne need an API key?
- Yes. The registry entry asks for
ARACHNE_API_KEY. - Is Arachne maintained?
- The last commit was 16 days ago (2026-10-19). The latest release is v1.4.0.
- What can I use instead of Arachne?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Ui.Vision MCP server, SeleniumBase MCP server and Octocode MCP - AI Context Platform MCP server.
- How does Arachne compare with other Scraping and browsing MCP servers?
- safety score 75/100 (higher than 45% of 866 Scraping and browsing servers); downloads a week 54 (more than 37% of 309 Scraping and browsing servers with a package). Full comparison.
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