The Website Downloader Server allows you to download entire websites for offline use. With this server, you can:
- Download complete websites recursively with all resources (CSS, images, etc.)
- Preserve the original website structure locally
- Convert links to work properly in the offline version
- Customize recursion depth (defaults to infinite)
- Specify output directory for downloads
- Restrict downloads to the same domain as the initial URL
- Add appropriate file extensions to downloaded files
- Works cross-platform on macOS, Linux, and Windows with wget installed
Mentioned as one of the installation methods for wget on Windows, which is a prerequisite for the website downloader.
Mentioned as one of the page requisites that the downloader includes when downloading websites.
Referenced as one of the Linux distributions where wget can be installed via apt-get command.
Referenced as one of the Linux distributions where wget can be installed via dnf command.
Mentioned as the installation method for wget on macOS, which is a prerequisite for the website downloader.
Referenced as one of the operating systems where wget can be installed.
Mentioned as one of the operating systems where wget can be installed as a prerequisite.
Referenced as one of the Linux distributions where wget can be installed via dnf command.
Referenced as one of the Linux distributions where wget can be installed via apt-get command.
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:
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
Linux (Red Hat/Fedora)
Windows
- Using Chocolatey:
- 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 downloadoutputPath
(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
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:
- Add to MCP settings:
local-only server
The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.
Tools
Provides a tool to download entire websites using wget. It preserves the website structure and converts links to work locally.
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