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SearXNG MCP Server

A community-built MCP server that connects to a self-hosted SearXNG instance, providing 13 tools for web, image, news, video, and music search. It features citation references, deep search capabilities, page fetching, and site crawling without requiring API keys or tracking user data.

Package and access

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SearXNG MCP Server logo, by bumbaRaschCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by bumbaRasch
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Checks and signals

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  • Popularity 2 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

  • Perform web, image, news, video, and music searches via a self-hosted instance
  • Fetch full content of search results using stable citation references
  • Execute deep search dossiers with iterative cited results
  • Check instance health and get query suggestions

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.1MIT
mcp-registry: io.github.bumbaRasch/searxng-mcp-server@1.0.1Source repository
Last repository push
Latest release
v1.0.1
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Packages and installation

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searxng-mcp-server 1.0.1

npm
searxng-mcp-server package definition
{
  "version": "1.0.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "searxng-mcp-server",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "SEARXNG_URL",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Base URL of the SearXNG instance"
    },
    {
      "name": "SEARXNG_TRANSPORT",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Transport: stdio (default) or http (Streamable HTTP, 2026-07-28 revision only)"
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Maintenance history

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  • · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
  • · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

Connect from your client

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "searxng-mcp-server@1.0.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
        "SEARXNG_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "searxng-mcp-server@1.0.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
        "SEARXNG_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "searxng-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "searxng-mcp-server@1.0.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
        "SEARXNG_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "searxng-mcp-server@1.0.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
        "SEARXNG_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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