Website Downloader

Website Downloader MCP Server

This MCP server provides a tool to download entire websites using wget. It preserves the website structure and converts links to work locally.

Prerequisites

The server requires wget to be installed on your system.

Installing wget

macOS

Using Homebrew:

brew install wget

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wget

Linux (Red Hat/Fedora)

sudo dnf install wget

Windows

Using Chocolatey:

choco install wget

Or download the binary from: https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/
- Download the latest wget.exe
- Place it in a directory that's in your PATH (e.g., C:\Windows\System32)

Usage

The server provides a tool called download_website with the following parameters:

url (required): The URL of the website to download
outputPath (optional): The directory where the website should be downloaded. Defaults to the current directory.
depth (optional): Maximum depth level for recursive downloading. Defaults to infinite. Set to 0 for just the specified page, 1 for direct links, etc.

Example

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "outputPath": "/path/to/output",
  "depth": 2  // Optional: Download up to 2 levels deep
}

Features

The website downloader:

Downloads recursively with infinite depth
Includes all page requisites (CSS, images, etc.)
Converts links to work locally
Adds appropriate extensions to files
Restricts downloads to the same domain
Preserves the website structure

Installation

Build the server:

npm install
npm run build

Add to MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "website-downloader": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/website-downloader/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Install Server

HTTP connection URL

security – no known vulnerabilities

license - not found

quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

local-only server

The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.

Tools

download_website

Provides a tool to download entire websites using wget. It preserves the website structure and converts links to work locally.

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