Webclaw vs Data Europa
A side-by-side look at the Webclaw and Data Europa MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Webclaw for search & data extraction work as a local process; choose Data Europa for data platforms as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Webclaw when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Search & Data Extraction domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
scrape, select, screenshot.
Choose Data Europa when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Data Platforms domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
search, package, organizations.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Search & Data Extraction | Data Platforms |
| Quality signal | 69/100 · Great | 57/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 2,388 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 13 views 2 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 12 | 5 |
| Full listing | View Webclaw | View Data Europa |
Tools & capabilities
Webclaw tools 12
scrapeExtract one URL as markdown, text, JSON, LLM format, or HTMLselectPick values or records from a page with CSS selectors or XPath, its data tables, elements found by text, or every element like an example, as JSONscreenshotCapture a page's viewport or the whole page as PNG or JPEG, print it to PDF, or save it as one MHTML filecrawlFollow same-origin links and extract discovered pages, most relevant first with a `querymapDiscover URLs from sitemaps, a short crawl and the Common Crawl index without extracting every pagebatchScrape multiple URLs in parallelextractConvert page content into structured datasummarizeSummarize a pagediffCompare page content snapshotsbrandExtract colors, fonts, logos, and metadatasearchSearch the web and scrape resultsresearchMulti-source research workflow
Data Europa tools 5
searchSearch the EU open-data portal (data.europa.eu) for datasets by free-text query; supports Solr filter expressions (e.g. country.iso:DE), pagination via rows/start, and sorting. Returns dataset titles, descriptions, and publisher info.packageFetch a single EU open-data dataset record by its portal ID, returning full metadata including title, description, publisher, license, distributions, and tags.organizationsList EU open-data portal publishing organizations (EU institutions, member-state agencies, etc.) with their names and dataset counts; limit controls page size (default 100, max 1000).groupsList thematic dataset categories (groups) on the EU open-data portal (e.g. environment, transport, economy); returns category names and IDs for use as filters in search.tagsList or search keyword tags used to annotate datasets on the EU open-data portal; pass query to filter by prefix, limit controls page size (default 100).
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Webclaw
{
"mcpServers": {
"0xmassi-webclaw": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"create-webclaw"
]
}
}
}
Data Europa
{
"mcpServers": {
"data-europa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-data-europa"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Webclaw is categorized under Search & Data Extraction and uses a local stdio subprocess. Data Europa belongs to Data Platforms and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Webclaw for search & data extraction work and Data Europa for data platforms.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Webclaw is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Data Europa has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add 0xmassi-webclaw and data-europa as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Webclaw has a quality signal of 69/100 (Great) with 13 views, 2 installs and 2,388 GitHub stars. Data Europa has 57/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.