Koskamo

Free Search MCP

A local-first Model Context Protocol server that enables LLMs to search the web, fetch pages, and read documents without requiring API keys. It supports multiple search engines like DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, and Startpage, includes a Playwright fallback for JavaScript-heavy pages, and uses an FTS5 cache for performance.

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Free Search MCP logo, by sweetcornnaCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by sweetcornna
You need:You need uv and nothing else: no sign-up, no API key, no clone.
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  • Popularity 171 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

  • Search the web across multiple engines without API keys
  • Fetch and clean up web pages for LLM consumption
  • Read documents like PDFs and DOCX files
  • Perform verified research by checking snippets against full page content

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.18.0MIT
mcp-registry: io.github.sweetcornna/free-search-mcp@0.18.0Source repositoryProject website
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v0.18.0
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free-search-mcp 0.18.0

pypiuvx
free-search-mcp package definition
{
  "version": "0.18.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "free-search-mcp",
  "runtimeHint": "uvx",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "SEARCH_MCP_PROXY",
      "description": "Optional outbound proxy URL (http://, https:// or socks5://) for engines that block your network."
    },
    {
      "name": "SEARCH_MCP_REGION",
      "description": "Optional default region-language for results, e.g. us-en, uk-en, cn-zh. Default: us-en."
    },
    {
      "name": "SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR",
      "format": "filepath",
      "description": "Optional directory for the local search/page cache. Default: ~/.cache/search-mcp."
    }
  ]
}

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  • · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp==0.18.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH_MCP_PROXY": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_PROXY>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_REGION": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_REGION>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp==0.18.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH_MCP_PROXY": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_PROXY>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_REGION": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_REGION>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp==0.18.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH_MCP_PROXY": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_PROXY>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_REGION": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_REGION>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp==0.18.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH_MCP_PROXY": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_PROXY>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_REGION": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_REGION>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<YOUR_SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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