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Jiro — The Search Intelligence Platform

One API. 9 search engines. 12 social platforms. AI-powered. Free forever.

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Why Jiro?

Jiro is a local-first, AI-native search & scraping API — a self-hosted alternative to SerpAPI, ScraperAPI, and Bright Data. It gives you:

  • 9 search engines — Google, Bing, Brave, DuckDuckGo, YouTube, Amazon, eBay, Yandex, Baidu

  • 12 social platforms — Reddit, Twitter/X, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, and more

  • Hybrid search — keyword + semantic + freshness signals combined

  • AI-powered research — agentic search with citations (Enterprise)

  • Stealth engine — TLS/JA3 fingerprint rotation, anti-bot bypass

  • WebSocket streaming — real-time search results

  • Official SDKs — Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go

  • MCP integration — works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue.dev

  • Free forever — generous free tier, no credit card required


Related MCP server: websearch-skill

Quick Start (30 seconds)

# Install
pip install jirosearch

# Start server
jiro serve

# Search the web
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q": "latest AI research", "engine": "google"}'

That's it. You're searching across 9 engines with hybrid ranking, caching, and structured extraction — all running locally on your machine.


Official SDKs

Python SDK

pip install jiro-sdk
from jiro_sdk import JiroClient

client = JiroClient(api_key="your-key")

# Search
results = client.search("python web scraping")

# Scrape
content = client.scrape("https://example.com")

# AI Research
answer = client.ai_ask("What is Python?")

# Parallel Search
results = client.search_parallel("AI news", num_engines=3)

# Batch Operations
job = client.batch_search(["python", "javascript", "go"])

JavaScript/TypeScript SDK

npm install jiro-sdk
import { JiroClient } from 'jiro-sdk';

const client = new JiroClient({ apiKey: 'your-key' });

// Search
const results = await client.search('python web scraping');

// Scrape
const content = await client.scrape('https://example.com');

// AI Research
const answer = await client.aiAsk('What is Python?');

// WebSocket Streaming
const ws = client.createSearchStream('AI news');
ws.onmessage = (event) => console.log(JSON.parse(event.data));

Go SDK

go get github.com/DevAnimecx/jiro/sdk/go
import "github.com/DevAnimecx/jiro/sdk/go"

client := jiro.NewClient(jiro.WithAPIKey("your-key"))

// Search
results, _ := client.Search("python web scraping", nil)

// Scrape
content, _ := client.Scrape("https://example.com", nil)

// AI Research
answer, _ := client.AiAsk("What is Python?", nil)

Features

Search Intelligence

  • Hybrid Search — keyword + semantic + freshness

  • Multi-Query — parallel query expansion

  • Answer Synthesis — extractive answers from results

  • Search Filters — domain, time range, category

  • Highlights — query-aware snippet extraction

  • Parallel Search — multi-engine concurrent search

Social Scraping (12 Platforms)

  • Reddit, Twitter/X, YouTube, LinkedIn

  • TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Threads

  • Hacker News, Bluesky, Telegram, Pinterest

AI-Powered

  • Smart Search — intent-aware auto-routing

  • Structured Extraction — JSON schema-based data extraction

  • AI Research — agentic search with citations (Enterprise)

  • Intent Classification — 16 intent types

Enterprise Ready

  • Rate Limiting — sliding window with tiers

  • Usage Quotas — monthly limits per tier

  • Plugin System — custom engines & scrapers

  • Advanced Caching — LRU/LFU with analytics

  • Batch Operations — concurrent search & scrape

  • Monitoring — Prometheus metrics, health checks


CLI Commands

# Search
jiro search web "python web scraping"
jiro search web "AI news" --parallel --engines 3
jiro search web -i  # Interactive mode

# Scrape
jiro scrape https://example.com
jiro scrape "free SaaS directories"  # Search + scrape top result

# AI
jiro ai ask "What is Python?"
jiro ai setup --provider openai -k sk-...

# Benchmark
jiro bench --iterations 5

# System
jiro status
jiro doctor
jiro serve --port 8000

Free vs Enterprise

Feature

Free

Enterprise

Rate Limits

100 RPM / 10K RPD

1,000 RPM / 1M RPD

Search Engines

9 engines

9 engines

Social Platforms

12 platforms

12 platforms

Hybrid Search

Smart Search

Structured Extraction

Parallel Search

✅ (3 engines)

✅ (5 engines)

WebSocket Streaming

Batch Operations

✅ (10/batch)

✅ (100/batch)

Social Batch

✅ (5/batch)

✅ (500/batch)

Self-Learning

✅ (basic)

✅ (advanced)

AI Research

Advanced Healing

Custom Models

Commercial Use

White Label

Premium Support

Price

$0 forever

$499/mo


API Examples

Search the Web

# Basic search
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q": "python web scraping", "engine": "google", "num": 10}'

# Parallel search
curl "http://localhost:8000/search.json?q=AI+news&parallel=true&num_engines=3"

# Hybrid search with answer synthesis
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q": "latest AI research", "hybrid": true, "answer": true}'

Scrape Any URL

# Scrape to markdown
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/scrape \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://docs.python.org", "format": "markdown"}'

# Batch scrape
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/scrape/batch \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"urls": ["https://example.com", "https://docs.python.org"]}'

WebSocket Streaming

// Real-time search results
const ws = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:8000/ws/search?query=AI+news');
ws.onmessage = (event) => {
  const data = JSON.parse(event.data);
  console.log(data);
};

Social Media

# Scrape a Reddit post
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/social \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://reddit.com/r/programming/comments/abc123"}'

# Search across platforms
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/social/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "machine learning", "platform": "reddit", "limit": 10}'

AI Research

# Ask a research question
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/ai/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "Compare React vs Vue", "max_sources": 5}'

Batch Operations

# Batch search
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/batch/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries": ["python", "javascript", "go"], "num_results": 5}'

MCP Integration

Works with any MCP-compatible client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jiro": {
      "command": "jiro",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

16 MCP Tools

Tool

Tier

Description

search

Free

Search 9 engines

scrape

Free

Scrape URL to markdown

smart_classify

Free

Classify search intent

compare_engines

Free

Compare across engines

list_engines

Free

List all engines

list_social_platforms

Free

List social platforms

monitor_status

Free

Health metrics

health_check

Free

Quick health check

cache_stats

Free

Cache statistics

ai_search

Enterprise

AI research with citations

search_hybrid

Enterprise

Hybrid multi-signal search

search_structured

Enterprise

Structured data extraction

social_scrape

Enterprise

Scrape social media

social_search

Enterprise

Search social platforms

social_batch

Enterprise

Batch scrape URLs

smart_search

Enterprise

Intent-aware routing


Monitoring & Observability

# Prometheus metrics
curl http://localhost:8000/metrics

# Health check
curl http://localhost:8000/health

# System status
jiro status

Pricing

Free — $0/forever

The most generous free tier in search APIs. No credit card required.

  • 100 requests/minute

  • 10,000 requests/day

  • 9 search engines

  • 12 social platforms

  • Hybrid search & smart routing

  • WebSocket streaming

  • MCP integration

  • Community support

Enterprise — $499/mo

Everything in Free, plus unlimited power.

  • 1,000 requests/minute

  • 1,000,000 requests/day

  • AI-powered agentic research

  • Custom LLM models

  • White-label customization

  • SOC2 compliance

  • Premium support

  • Commercial use license

Get Enterprise →


Deploy

Docker

docker-compose up -d

Kubernetes

helm install jiro ./helm/jiro

Local

pip install jirosearch
jiro serve --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

Comparisons

vs SerpAPI

Feature

Jiro

SerpAPI

Self-hosted

Free tier

10K RPD

100/mo

Social scraping

12 platforms

Hybrid search

WebSocket streaming

Official SDKs

Python, JS, Go

Python, JS

MCP integration

Price (paid)

$499/mo

$50/mo

vs ScraperAPI

Feature

Jiro

ScraperAPI

Search engines

9

Social platforms

12

AI research

Self-hosted

Free tier

10K RPD

5K/mo

vs Bright Data

Feature

Jiro

Bright Data

Price

$499/mo

$500+/mo

Self-hosted

Hybrid search

WebSocket streaming

MCP integration

AI research


Architecture

jiro/
├── server/           FastAPI application
│   └── routers/      API endpoints (75+ routes)
├── search/           Search intelligence
│   ├── hybrid.py     Hybrid search
│   ├── reranker.py   Result reranking
│   └── multiquery.py Query expansion
├── scraping/         Web scraping
│   ├── engines.py    9 search engines
│   ├── client.py     Stealth engine (TLS/JA3)
│   └── social/       12 social platforms
├── ai/               AI/LLM integration
├── plugins/          Plugin system
├── monitoring.py     Metrics & health checks
├── batch.py          Batch operations
├── scheduler.py      Scheduled searches
├── history.py        Search history
├── export_import.py  Data export/import
├── ratelimit.py      Rate limiting & quotas
├── cache_advanced.py Advanced caching
├── stealth.py        Anti-bot bypass
├── mcp.py            MCP server (16 tools)
├── pro.py            Tier system
├── licensing.py      HMAC license tokens
├── db.py             SQLite/PostgreSQL
└── dashboard.py      Web UI

Development

# Install dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest tests/ -v

# Run linter
ruff check jiro/

Community


License

MIT License — use freely, commercially, or privately.


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