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mcp-searxng
MCP server giving AI assistants web search and URL reading through SearXNG
- Stars
- 1.4k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Nov 2026
- Language
- TypeScript
683 on 21 Apr 20261,360 on 10 Nov 2026
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Overview
An MCP server that connects clients such as Claude Desktop and Cursor to an existing SearXNG instance with JSON search enabled. It exposes four tools: web search, search suggestions, instance info and URL reading (HTML, text and bounded PDF). It runs over local STDIO by default, or Streamable HTTP with static bearer or optional OAuth protection.
Who it is for: Self-hosters adding private web search to MCP clients like Claude or Cursor
Strengths
- Needs no search-vendor API key, only a SearXNG base URL in SEARXNG_URL
- URL reader handles HTML, structured text and bounded PDF, with heading inspection
- Optional replica failover, caching, proxies and FlareSolverr or Byparr solvers
- Ships on npm and Docker, with STDIO and Streamable HTTP transports
Weaknesses
- Does not install SearXNG; you must run or trust an instance with JSON enabled
- Public instances may log queries; privacy depends on the SearXNG deployment
- HTML fallback parsing is approximate and returns limited metadata
- npm and npx installs require Node.js 22 or later
What it needs
- no GPU
- Docker + Compose
- Needs SearXNG instance with JSON output enabled, Node.js 22+ (npm/npx installs)
What changed
- v2.10.0 ↗ (opens in a new tab)Security fix
“Refresh compatible express-rate-limit, jose, node-html-parser, ESLint and eslint-plugin-security dependencies. Resolve the SDK-supported @hono/node-server 2.1.6 adapter in the lockfile. The release p…”
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