Website Downloader

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Integrations

  • 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.

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
  1. Using Chocolatey:
choco install wget
  1. 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

  1. Build the server:
npm install npm run build
  1. Add to MCP settings:
{ "mcpServers": { "website-downloader": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/website-downloader/build/index.js"] } } }

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local-only server

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

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

  1. Prerequisites
    1. Installing wget
  2. Usage
    1. Example
  3. Features
    1. Installation

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