crw: Fast, lightweight Firecrawl/Tavily alternative in Rust

by fastcrw · MCP Server · ★ 1.2k

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How to install crw

pip install crw
npm install crw-sdk

Taken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 64/100

None of the 42 rules matched — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against 42 published rules built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

The quality score combines nine heuristic checks of the repo and its README: completeness, clarity, specificity, examples, structure, agent readiness, step-by-step content, instruction quality and security notes. It rates how well the project explains itself to an agent, not the code.

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Quick Facts

Stars1,233
Forks96
LanguageRust
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Quality Score64/100
Open Issues8
Last Updated2026-11-07
Created2026-03-02
Platformsbrowser, docker, mcp, rust
Est. Tokens~24k

About crw

fastCRW Turn URLs into clean markdown or structured JSON with one engine for search, scrape, map, crawl, and extract. Run it locally as a small Rust binary or use the managed API. Get 1000 free credits → · Install · Docs No credit card. Continue with GitHub. <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/us/crw?s

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with crw for enhanced workflows:

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  • moli — semantic(0.30)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (69%)
  • webclaw — semantic(0.58)+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (69%)

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How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy: 42 published rules, covering credential harvesting, data exfiltration, curl | sh installers and more. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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