Decision Workspace
spider vs spider_mcp vs recursive_scraper
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
74
spider
stablev2.51.197
A web crawler and scraper, building blocks for data curation workloads.
60
spider_mcp
experimentalv2.51.197
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing Spider web crawler capabilities as tools.
39
recursive_scraper
growingv0.6.2
Constant-frequency recursive CLI web scraper with frequency, filtering, file directory, and many other options for scraping HTML, images and other files.
Core Metrics
| spider | spider_mcp | recursive_scraper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 74 | 60 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 2.0M | 3.1K | 10.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 18.8K | 957 | 0 |
| Dependents | 5.7K | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2192 | 237 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 4d ago | 4d ago | 1149d ago |
| Age | 8y 3m | 2m | 3y 10m |
Health Breakdown
spider
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
spider_mcp
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
recursive_scraper
Maintenance
5
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| spider | spider_mcp | recursive_scraper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.51.197 | 2.51.197 | 0.6.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 90 | 11 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 717KB | 42KB | 26KB |
| Features | 129 | 9 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 2.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •spider leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •spider is depended on by 5.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ recursive_scraper has not been updated in over a year.
- •recursive_scraper is pre-1.0 — API may change.