SearXNG
About
Enables language models to perform web searches through SearXNG, a privacy-focused metasearch engine, with customizable parameters like categories, time ranges, and pagination.
Details
- Author
- aeon-seraph
- Repository
- aeon-seraph/searxng-mcp
- GitHub stars
- 1
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- AI, Design, Developer Tools, Search, Infrastructure, Frontend
- Tags
- #mobile, #web
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Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
SearXNGCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)nodeArguments-
Argument 1
build/index.js
Environment-
CACHE_TTL
600000 -
SEARXNG_HOST
localhost -
SEARXNG_PORT
8888 -
MAX_CACHE_SIZE
100 -
SEARXNG_PROTOCOL
http
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
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Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
The server can be configured using environment variables:
| Variable | Description | Default |
|----------|-------------|---------|
| SEARXNG_PROTOCOL | Protocol to use (http/https) | http |
| SEARXNG_HOST | SearXNG host | localhost |
| SEARXNG_PORT | SearXNG port | 8888 |
| CACHE_TTL | Cache time-to-live in milliseconds | 600000 (10 minutes) |
| MAX_CACHE_SIZE | Maximum number of cached queries | 100 |
npm install
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng": {
"env": {
"CACHE_TTL": "600000",
"SEARXNG_HOST": "localhost",
"SEARXNG_PORT": "8888",
"MAX_CACHE_SIZE": "100",
"SEARXNG_PROTOCOL": "http"
},
"args": [
"build/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": {
"CACHE_TTL": "600000",
"SEARXNG_HOST": "localhost",
"SEARXNG_PORT": "8888",
"MAX_CACHE_SIZE": "100",
"SEARXNG_PROTOCOL": "http"
},
"args": [
"build/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}Macos
{
"env": {
"CACHE_TTL": "600000",
"SEARXNG_HOST": "localhost",
"SEARXNG_PORT": "8888",
"MAX_CACHE_SIZE": "100",
"SEARXNG_PROTOCOL": "http"
},
"args": [
"build/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}Windows
{
"env": {
"CACHE_TTL": "600000",
"SEARXNG_HOST": "localhost",
"SEARXNG_PORT": "8888",
"MAX_CACHE_SIZE": "100",
"SEARXNG_PROTOCOL": "http"
},
"args": [
"build/index.js"
],
"command": "node"
}SearXNG Model Context Protocol Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interfacing language models with SearXNG search engine.
Description
This server enables language models to perform web searches through SearXNG using the Model Context Protocol standard. It provides a clean interface for language models to send search queries to SearXNG and receive formatted results.
Installation
```bash
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