SearXNG MCP
An MCP server that integrates the SearXNG API, giving AI assistants web search capabilities. It supports privacy-respecting web search with pagination, URL reading, and direct answers using an operator-controlled or trusted SearXNG instance.
Package and access
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Checks and signals
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- Popularity 1,344 GitHub stars
What you can do with it
- Perform privacy-respecting web searches via SearXNG
- Read HTML, structured text, and bounded PDF text
- Discover instance capabilities and get query suggestions
Source and maintenance
- Last repository push
- Latest release
- v2.9.0
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
mcp-searxng 2.9.0
{
"version": "2.9.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "mcp-searxng",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "SEARXNG_URL",
"format": "string",
"isRequired": true,
"description": "URL of your SearXNG instance"
},
{
"name": "AUTH_USERNAME",
"format": "string",
"description": "Legacy global SearXNG Basic Auth username"
},
{
"name": "AUTH_PASSWORD",
"format": "string",
"description": "Legacy global SearXNG Basic Auth password"
}
]
}Tools
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Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
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Connect from your client
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{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng-mcp-mcp-searxng": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-searxng@2.9.0"
],
"env": {
"SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
"AUTH_USERNAME": "<YOUR_AUTH_USERNAME>",
"AUTH_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_AUTH_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng-mcp-mcp-searxng": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-searxng@2.9.0"
],
"env": {
"SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
"AUTH_USERNAME": "<YOUR_AUTH_USERNAME>",
"AUTH_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_AUTH_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"searxng-mcp-mcp-searxng": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-searxng@2.9.0"
],
"env": {
"SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
"AUTH_USERNAME": "<YOUR_AUTH_USERNAME>",
"AUTH_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_AUTH_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng-mcp-mcp-searxng": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-searxng@2.9.0"
],
"env": {
"SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
"AUTH_USERNAME": "<YOUR_AUTH_USERNAME>",
"AUTH_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_AUTH_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
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