Reddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits

io.github.harshmaurPublished by GitHub account harshmaurv1.1.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

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

The publisher's own server: posts.design

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingData & Analytics

Overview

AI-generated overview

Apify-backed Reddit scraper that gives an assistant tools to search Reddit and pull posts, comments, users and subreddits as structured JSON.

What you can do
  • Search Reddit by keyword across all of Reddit or one subreddit, with sorting, time windows and date ranges, returning matching posts and comments.
  • Scrape specific Reddit URLs: post permalinks with full comment threads, user profiles, subreddit listings and search pages.
  • Bulk-pull posts from one or more subreddits, optionally bounded by date, with comment threads included by default.
  • Return each item typed as post, comment, community or user profile, with fields such as title, body, author, score and creation date.
When to use it
Useful when you want an assistant to research what Reddit says about a topic, monitor brand mentions, find leads, or collect subreddit content without a Reddit API key or login.
Requirements
An Apify account and API token, supplied as APIFY_TOKEN for the local npm package (Node 20+) or as an Authorization Bearer header for the hosted endpoint at mcp.apify.com. Optional REDDIT_SCRAPER_ACTOR and REDDIT_SCRAPER_TIMEOUT settings. Network access to Apify.
Before you install
Runs are billed per result on Apify (about $2 per 1,000 results, with plan discounts), so large pulls cost money. The Apify token is a secret and must be kept out of shared configs. Scraped Reddit content is sent to and processed by Apify, a third party.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Reddit Scraper (Apify) – posts, comments, search, users, subreddits in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.harshmaur%2Freddit-scraper/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit-scraper-apify-posts-comments-sear": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=harshmaur/reddit-scraper"
    }
  }
}

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:

json
{  "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.

json
{  "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_profile); posts include title, body, postUrl, communityName, authorName, score, commentsCount, createdAt, flair. Field reference: https://apify.com/harshmaur/reddit-scraper#output-example

Automation templates

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.

Source: README.md at commit 05dd239

Tools

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This server asks you to sign in, so SourceWeft could not read its tools without an account and has not indexed them. What a connected account sees can depend on that account and its permissions.

Version history

2
  1. v1.1.0LatestOct 15, 2026
  2. v1.0.0Sep 16, 2026

Score

85% of the applicable checks met

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  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listed15 pts

    Answer tools/list without a credential, or ship a package that starts in a sandbox without one.

  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts

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