bumbaRasch/searxng-mcp-server

Overview

An MCP server that connects to a self-hosted SearXNG instance. It exposes web, image, news, video, and music search operations, plus page fetching, through the Model Context Protocol. Built in TypeScript for use with MCP-compatible clients.

Best for

Best for
Developers building MCP clients that need self-hosted, privacy-preserving search

Use cases

• Add private web search to an MCP-enabled assistant
• Fetch page content for reading or summarization
• Search across multiple media types from one server

How to use

Install

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx -y searxng-mcp-server

Tools exposed

• fetch_content
• news_search
• image_search
• video_search
• music_search
• list_engines
• SEARXNG_URL
• SEARXNG_TIMEOUT_MS
• FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS
• SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS
• MAX_CHARS
• MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES
• USER_AGENT
• ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS
• SEARXNG_TRANSPORT
• SEARXNG_AUTH_TOKEN
• SEARXNG_ALLOWED_HOSTS
• SEARXNG_ALLOWED_ORIGINS

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code

Notes

An MCP server that connects to a self-hosted SearXNG instance. It exposes web, image, news, video, and music search operations, plus page fetching, through the Model Context Protocol. Built in TypeScript for use with MCP-compatible clients.

0 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-09-21. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Add private web search to an MCP-enabled assistant
• Fetch page content for reading or summarization
• Search across multiple media types from one server

Pros

• Runs against your own SearXNG instance for privacy and control
• Covers multiple search categories in one integration
• TypeScript codebase fits standard MCP tooling

Cons

• Requires a separately deployed and maintained SearXNG instance
• No stars or community traction yet, so maturity is unproven
• Limited documentation inferred from the repository

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