Wick MCP server
io.github.wickproject/wick·v0.5.0·9 starsBrowser-grade web access for AI agents. Fetches any webpage, returns clean markdown.
9 stars30 downloads/wk
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Wick tools
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Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-09-27 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan1 source files scanned15/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
- Maintenancelast push 50 days ago12/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner7/10
Findings (2)
- mediumnpm install lifecycle script present
install.script - mediumnpm install lifecycle script present
install.scriptpackage.json: …ck": "bin/wick" }, "scripts": { "postinstall": "node scripts/install.js" }, "os": …
How Wick compares
Against every graded Scraping and browsing MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 71/100
- higher than 36% of 866 Scraping and browsing servers
- GitHub stars
- 9
- more than 80% of 583 Scraping and browsing servers
- Downloads a week
- 30
- more than 10% of 309 Scraping and browsing servers with a package
Install Wick in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
Runs npx -y wick-mcp on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.
claude mcp add wick -- npx -y wick-mcp
What the publisher says
From the Wick repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
Wick
Browser-grade web access for AI agents. Docs | Blog | getwick.dev
Your AI agent gets blocked on the web. Wick fixes that.
Wick is an MCP server that uses Chrome's actual network stack so the TLS fingerprint is identical to a real browser. It runs locally from your own IP, and returns clean markdown. We tested it against 25 anti-bot-protected sites — Cloudflare, Akamai, PerimeterX, AWS WAF — and scored 100%.
Built by the creator of Lantern, a censorship circumvention tool used by 150M+ people in Iran, China, and Russia. The same TLS evasion techniques that bypass government censors, applied to anti-bot walls.
Agent: I'll fetch that page for you.
[uses wick_fetch]
Result: 200 OK
# The New York Times - Breaking News
Led by the freshman forward Cameron Boozer,
the No. 1 overall seed faces a tough test...Install
macOS (Homebrew):
brew tap wickproject/wick && brew install wick
wick setupLinux (apt):
curl -fsSL https://wickproject.github.io/wick/apt/install.sh | bash
wick setupnpm (any platform):
npm install -g wick-mcp
wick setupwick setup auto-detects your MCP clients (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) and configures them.
Tools
wick_fetch
Fetch any URL and get clean, LLM-friendly markdown. Sites that block standard HTTP clients return full content because Wick uses Chrome's actual TLS fingerprint.
wick fetch https://www.nytimes.comwick_crawl
Crawl a website starting from a URL. Follows same-domain links, fetches each page through Chrome's TLS pipeline, and returns markdown for every page.
wick crawl https://docs.example.com --depth 2 --max-pages 10wick_map
Discover all URLs on a site. Checks sitemap.xml first, then follows links.
wick map https://example.com --limit 100wick_search
Search the web. Use wick_fetch to read any result in full.
wick search "rust async runtime"wick_download
Download video and audio from Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, and 1000+ other sites. Powered by yt-dlp.
wick download "https://v.redd.it/4uofpbxa97rg1" -o ./archivewick_session
Clear cookies and session data to start fresh.
wick session clearHTTP API
Wick also runs as a local HTTP API server, making it accessible to any tool — Python, LangChain, n8n, curl, custom agents.
wick serve --api
# Wick 0.7.0 + Pro API server running at http://127.0.0.1:8090# Fetch a page
curl "http://localhost:8090/v1/fetch?url=https://nytimes.com"
# Crawl a site
curl "http://localhost:8090/v1/crawl?url=https://docs.example.com&max_pages=5"
# Discover URLs
curl "http://localhost:8090/v1/map?url=https://example.com"
# Search
curl "http://localhost:8090/v1/search?q=rust+async"Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Wick: common questions
- Is Wick MCP server safe?
- Mostly: it is graded B (71/100). Read the Wick safety report
- How do I install Wick?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Wick need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is Wick maintained?
- The last commit was 88 days ago (2026-08-08). The latest release is v0.5.0.
- What can I use instead of Wick?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Pinkpixel Dev Web Scout MCP server, WebReaper MCP server and Browser Scraper MCP server. Compare all Wick alternatives.
- How does Wick compare with other Scraping and browsing MCP servers?
- safety score 71/100 (higher than 36% of 866 Scraping and browsing servers); github stars 9 (more than 80% of 583 Scraping and browsing servers); downloads a week 30 (more than 10% of 309 Scraping and browsing servers with a package). Full comparison.
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