
The Safari MCP server for web developers | Hacker News
The Hacker News thread compares Apple's Safari MCP with Chrome DevTools MCP and Playwright MCP, noting DevTools MCP offers deeper access to performanc...
safari-mcp provides 98 browser automation tools via AppleScript that drive a user's existing macOS Safari browser, preserving logins, cookies, and sessions.
It uses native WebKit with no Chrome, Puppeteer, Playwright, or WebDriver dependencies, reporting approximately 60% less CPU usage than Chrome-based alternatives. The package installs via a single npx command and connects to MCP clients including Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Cline.