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Reddit Scraper Pro MCP Server

Marketing & SocialModerate7.2MCP RegistryLocalRemote
Free

Server data from the Official MCP Registry

Reddit posts, comments, search, users & subreddits as JSON via Apify. No Reddit API key. $2/1k

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Reddit posts, comments, search, users & subreddits as JSON via Apify. No Reddit API key. $2/1k

Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=harshmaur/reddit-scraper

Security Report

7.2
Moderate7.2Low Risk

This is a legitimate stdio MCP server that wraps the Reddit Scraper Apify Actor. It reads its Apify token from an environment variable, sends it only to the fixed host api.apify.com, and uses network and env access that fit a Reddit scraping purpose. The findings are low-severity hardening items: no fetch timeout or abort, unvalidated actor name from env, error text echoed to the client, and untrusted scraped content returned to the model. Supply chain analysis found 1 known vulnerability in dependencies (0 critical, 1 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

3 files analyzed · 8 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

Apify API token (free at https://console.apify.com/account/integrations)Required

Environment variable: APIFY_TOKEN

Actor to run; default harshmaur/reddit-scraper, or harshmaur/reddit-scraper-proOptional

Environment variable: REDDIT_SCRAPER_ACTOR

How to Install & Connect

Available as Local & Remote

This plugin can run on your machine or connect to a hosted endpoint. during install.

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

Reddit Scraper MCP server

MCP server for the Reddit Scraper Apify Actor. Gives Claude, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, ChatGPT and any other MCP client three tools for Reddit as structured JSON: keyword search, URL scraping with full comment threads, and bulk subreddit pulls. No Reddit API key, no login. Billed per result on Apify ($2 per 1,000 results, less with Apify plan discounts; the free plan covers small runs).

Reddit API and RSS shutdown. Reddit stops accepting new API access requests on 2026-10-31. Reddit RSS feeds stop on 2026-11-13. This server does not use a Reddit API key, a Reddit app or RSS, so neither date changes your setup.

Two ways to connect. Both need an Apify token. No Apify account yet? Sign up free, then copy the token from https://console.apify.com/account/integrations.

Option A — remote (nothing to install)

Apify hosts the Actor as an MCP tool:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit-scraper": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=harshmaur/reddit-scraper",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

Stdio-only clients can bridge with npx mcp-remote https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=harshmaur/reddit-scraper. This is the endpoint registered in the official MCP Registry as io.github.harshmaur/reddit-scraper.

Option B — local stdio server (this repo)

Purpose-built tools with typed arguments, so the model fills in queries, subreddit, postedAfter instead of a raw Actor input object.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit-scraper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "reddit-scraper-mcp"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

Published on npm as reddit-scraper-mcp. Or clone and run node index.js. Node 20+.

ToolUse it for
search_redditKeyword search across Reddit or one subreddit; sort, time window, date range; matching comments and post threads on by default. Brand monitoring, lead discovery, "what is Reddit saying about X".
scrape_reddit_urlsPost permalinks (with the full thread), /user/<name>/ profiles, subreddit listing URLs, search-page URLs.
scrape_subredditBulk posts from one or more subreddits, optionally date-bounded; comment threads on by default.

Environment:

VariableDefaultMeaning
APIFY_TOKENrequiredApify API token
REDDIT_SCRAPER_ACTORharshmaur/reddit-scraperSet to harshmaur/reddit-scraper-pro to run the Pro listing instead
REDDIT_SCRAPER_TIMEOUT300Seconds to wait for a run

Every item carries dataType (post, comment, community, user); posts include title, body, postUrl, communityName, authorName, score, commentsCount, createdAt, flair. Field reference: https://apify.com/harshmaur/reddit-scraper#output-example

Automation templates

  • templates/n8n/ — importable n8n workflows: Reddit mentions → Slack, Reddit lead alerts → Google Sheets.
  • templates/make/ — Make scenario recipe for Slack, Notion or Sheets.

The Actor can also deliver results itself (Slack, Notion, Airtable, Sheets) through its mcpConnector input, with an Apify Schedule as the trigger, if you prefer no middleware.

Files

  • index.js — the stdio server
  • server.json — official MCP Registry manifest for Pro; server-reddit-scraper.json — same for the flagship
  • Dockerfile, glama.json — for directory indexers

MIT. Built by Harsh Maur.

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