SearXNG MCP Server
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A web search server powered by the SearXNG API.
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- tobioffice
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- Search, Other, API
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Setup
Install SearXNG MCP Server in your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and others).
Repository: https://github.com/tobioffice/mcp-searxng
Follow the installation instructions in the repository README, then restart your MCP client.
AnMCP serverimplementation that integrates theSearXNGAPI, providing web search capabilities.
- Web Search: General queries, news, articles, with pagination.
- Pagination: Control which page of results to retrieve.
- Time Filtering: Filter results by time range (day, month, year).
- Language Selection: Filter results by preferred language.
- Safe Search: Control content filtering level for search results.
- Execute web searches with pagination
- Inputs:
- query(string): The search query. This string is passed to external search services.
- pageno(number, optional): Search page number, starts at 1 (default 1)
- time_range(string, optional): Filter results by time range - one of: "day", "month", "year" (default: none)
- language(string, optional): Language code for results (e.g., "en", "fr", "de") or "all" (default: "all")
- safesearch(number, optional): Safe search filter level (0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict) (default: instance setting)
- Read and convert the content from a URL to markdown
- Inputs:
- url(string): The URL to fetch and process
- Choose a SearxNG instance from thelist of public instancesor use your local environment.
- Set theSEARXNG_URLenvironment variable to the instance URL.
- The defaultSEARXNG_URLvalue ishttp://localhost:8080.
If you are using a password protected SearxNG instance you can set a username and password for HTTP Basic Auth:
- Set theAUTH_USERNAMEenvironmental variable to your username
- Set theAUTH_PASSWORDenvironmental variable to your password
{ "mcpServers": { "searxng": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "mcp-searxng" ], "env": { "SEARXNG_URL": "YOUR_SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "searxng": { "command": "mcp-searxng", "env": { "SEARXNG_URL": "YOUR_SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL" } } } }
docker pull isokoliuk/mcp-searxng:latest
Add this to yourclaude_desktop_config.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "searxng": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "SEARXNG_URL", "isokoliuk/mcp-searxng:latest" ], "env": { "SEARXNG_URL": "YOUR_SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL" } } } }
docker build -t mcp-searxng:latest -f Dockerfile .
Add this to yourclaude_desktop_config.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "searxng": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "SEARXNG_URL", "mcp-searxng:latest" ], "env": { "SEARXNG_URL": "YOUR_SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL" } } } }
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.
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