apify-mcp-server
apify-mcp-server is an MCP server that helps AI assistants extract data from any website with thousands of scrapers, crawlers, and automations on Apify Store ⚡.
Key facts
- Category
- Web Scraping & Crawling
- GitHub stars
- 6,813
- Forks
- 261
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Sep 11, 2026
- Best for
- connecting AI assistants to external tools
- Supported clients
- —
- Last updated
- Sep 12, 2026
GitHub metrics
- Stars
- 6,813
- Forks
- 261
- Open issues
- 155
- Watchers
- 26
- Last commit
- Sep 11, 2026
Scores
GEO score
63/100
Weighted blend: popularity 35%, freshness 25%, growth 25%, maintenance 15%.
Needs ~7 days of metric history
Scores last calculated Sep 12, 2026.
Benchmark summary
Benchmark
22
Install
unknown
Startup
unknown
Last tested
Aug 17, 2026
Capabilities discovered: 0 tools, 0 resources, and 0 prompts.
What is apify-mcp-server?
apify-mcp-server is an MCP server that helps AI assistants extract data from any website with thousands of scrapers, crawlers, and automations on Apify Store ⚡. It belongs to the Web Scraping & Crawling category. It is distributed under the MIT license.
How to install apify-mcp-server
See the official documentation for installation instructions.
apify-mcp-server use cases
A general-purpose MCP server.
Safety notes
- Requires API token
- Yes
- Writes to external systems
- Yes
- Accesses local filesystem
- Unknown
- Connects to a database
- Unknown
- Security docs
- Yes
Inferred by rule from each server's metadata, README, and category. "Unknown" means the signal could not be determined — always verify against the official docs before granting access.
Data sources
| Field | Value | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forks | 261 | GitHub REST API | high |
| Last commit | Sep 11, 2026 | GitHub REST API | high |
| License | MIT | GitHub REST API | high |
| Stars | 6813 | GitHub REST API | high |
| Topics | agents, ai, mcp, mcp-server | GitHub REST API | high |
| Watchers | 26 | GitHub REST API | high |
| Has Authentication Docs | Yes | Repository README | medium |
| Has Security Docs | Yes | Repository README | medium |
| Risk level | High | Automated risk inference | medium |
| Requires Api Token | Yes | Automated risk inference | low |
| Uses Network Access | Yes | Automated risk inference | low |
| Writes External System | Yes | Automated risk inference | low |
Confidence reflects the source: high = GitHub REST API, medium = README-derived or synthesized, low = inferred from keywords. Fields that cannot be determined are shown as "Unknown" — never fabricated.
Recent changes
- Stars: 6717 → 6813
- Forks: 259 → 261
- Last commit: Sep 10, 2026 → Sep 11, 2026
- Stars: 6581 → 6717
- Forks: 258 → 259
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Frequently asked questions
What is apify-mcp-server?
apify-mcp-server is an MCP server that helps AI assistants extract data from any website with thousands of scrapers, crawlers, and automations on Apify Store ⚡. It is categorized under Web Scraping & Crawling.
What are good alternatives to apify-mcp-server?
Popular alternatives include Firecrawl MCP, Apify Actors MCP, pinkpixel-dev-web-scout-mcp, and ScrapeGraphAI-scrapegraph-mcp.
How popular is apify-mcp-server on GitHub?
apify-mcp-server has about 6.8K GitHub stars and 261 forks.
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