Allows searching the web using SearXNG, a privacy-respecting metasearch engine
MCP-searxng
An MCP server for connecting agentic systems to search systems via searXNG.
Tools
Search the web with SearXNG
Prompts
Usage
via uvx
- configure your client JSON like
via git clone
- Add the server to claude desktop (the entrypoint is main.py)
Clone the repo and add this JSON to claude desktop
you can run this server with uvx mcp-searxng
, or use a local copy of the repo
you will need to change the paths to match your environment
Custom SearXNG URL
- set the environment variable
SEARXNG_URL
to the URL of the searxng server (default ishttp://localhost:8080
) - run your MCP client and you should be able to search the web with searxng
Note: if you are using claude desktop make sure to kill the process (task manager or equivalent) before running the server again
hybrid server
The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.
Tools
An MCP server for connecting agentic systems to search systems via searXNG.
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