brightdata/brightdata-mcp
A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides an all-in-one solution for public web access. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
84/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 36
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 19
- age_days: 505
- days_rel: 37
- days_push: 21
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
2610 stars · 324 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server by Bright Data that gives AI agents and LLMs real-time access to public web data through 69 tools covering web search, page scraping, structured data extraction, and remote browser automation. Requests are routed through Bright Data's unblocking infrastructure (proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, bot detection bypass), deployable as a hosted remote server or locally via npx.
Use cases
- give my AI agent real-time web search and scraping tools
- scrape any URL as markdown for an LLM without getting blocked
- extract structured JSON from Amazon, LinkedIn, or Instagram profiles
- add browser automation to an MCP-compatible coding agent
- bypass CAPTCHAs and bot detection when collecting web data
- feed live web data into a RAG pipeline
- collect LLM responses from ChatGPT or Perplexity programmatically
When to choose
- you need an MCP server that handles anti-bot measures, CAPTCHAs, and proxies automatically
- you want structured data from major platforms without writing parsers
- you want a hosted web-access layer for AI agents with a free monthly tier
- you need both search results and full browser automation in one tool set
When to avoid
- you need a fully free, self-contained scraper with no external service dependency
- your use case exceeds the free tier and you cannot accept per-request pricing
- you only need simple scraping of non-protected sites where a lightweight open-source scraper suffices
- you require on-premises data handling with no third-party routing
Facets
service · maturity active
web-scraping search-engine mcp agent-framework data-science crawlers artificial-intelligence large-language-models developer-tools cloud self-hosted cross-platform model-context-protocol mcp-server anti-bot-bypass captcha-solving proxy-rotation structured-data-extraction serp-api browser-automation llm-tools web-data hosted-and-local freemium ai-agents data-engineering nodejs
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp · fetched 2026-08-28 · e39e75d96530
- homepage: https://brightdata.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · f36ad7f437db
- site_page: https://docs.brightdata.com/integrations/ai-integrations · fetched 2026-08-29 · 390a4a93ef89
- site_page: https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-unlocker · fetched 2026-08-29 · b4a16ac68664
- site_page: https://brightdata.com/pricing/crawl-api · fetched 2026-08-29 · a910a9f962dc
- site_page: https://brightdata.com/pricing/serp · fetched 2026-08-29 · 43f2c580cb7f
- site_page: https://brightdata.com/pricing/scraping-browser · fetched 2026-08-29 · e829223bf2f0
- site_page: https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper · fetched 2026-08-29 · 31bb021b1057
- site_page: https://brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper/studio · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8290b7c4e105
- site_page: https://brightdata.com/pricing/datasets · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9c4ed4073b7f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| brightdata/brightdata-mcp | main | 84 |
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