SearXNG Meta Search
About
Integrates SearXNG's meta-search capabilities to provide privacy-focused, customizable search results from multiple engines for diverse information retrieval scenarios.
Details
- Author
- kevinwatt
- Repository
- kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng
- GitHub stars
- 13
- Downloads
- 5,812
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, AI, Search, Knowledge Base, Infrastructure, Frontend, Other
- Tags
- #mobile
Jump to
- Meta Search: Combines results from multiple search engines
- Privacy-Focused: No tracking, no user profiling
- Multiple Categories: Support for general, news, science, files, images, videos, and more
- Language Support: Search in specific languages or all languages
- Time Range Filtering: Filter results by day, week, month, or year
- Safe Search: Three levels of safe search filtering
- Fallback Support: Multiple SearXNG instances for reliability
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"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
SearXNG Meta SearchCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)npxArguments-
Argument 1
-y -
Argument 2
@kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng
Environment-
SEARXNG_INSTANCES
http://localhost:8080,https://searx.example.com -
SEARXNG_USER_AGENT
CustomBot/1.0 -
NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED
0
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
To install SearXNG MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng --client claude
npm install -g @kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng
```
mkdir -p searxng
tee searxng/settings.yml << EOF
use_default_settings: true
web_search
Execute meta searches across multiple engines. Inputs: query (string): Search terms, page (number, optional): Page number (default: 1), language (string, optional): Language code (e.g., 'en', 'all', default: 'all'), categories (array, optional): Search categories (default: ['general']), time_range (string, optional): Time filter (day/week/month/year), safesearch (number, optional): Safe search level (0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict, default: 1)
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng meta search": {
"env": {
"SEARXNG_INSTANCES": "http://localhost:8080,https://searx.example.com",
"SEARXNG_USER_AGENT": "CustomBot/1.0",
"NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED": "0"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"@kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": {
"SEARXNG_INSTANCES": "http://localhost:8080,https://searx.example.com",
"SEARXNG_USER_AGENT": "CustomBot/1.0",
"NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED": "0"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"@kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng"
],
"command": "npx"
}Macos
{
"env": {
"SEARXNG_INSTANCES": "http://localhost:8080,https://searx.example.com",
"SEARXNG_USER_AGENT": "CustomBot/1.0",
"NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED": "0"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"@kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng"
],
"command": "npx"
}Windows
{
"env": {
"SEARXNG_INSTANCES": "http://localhost:8080,https://searx.example.com",
"SEARXNG_USER_AGENT": "CustomBot/1.0",
"NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED": "0"
},
"args": [
"/c",
"npx",
"-y",
"@kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng"
],
"command": "cmd"
}SearXNG MCP Server
An MCP server implementation that integrates with SearXNG, providing privacy-focused meta search capabilities.
Features
- Meta Search: Combines results from multiple search engines
- Privacy-Focused: No tracking, no user profiling
- Multiple Categories: Support for general, news, science, files, images, videos, and more
- Language Support: Search in specific languages or all languages
- Time Range Filtering: Filter results by day, week, month, or year
- Safe Search: Three levels of safe search filtering
- Fallback Support: Multiple SearXNG instances for reliability
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install SearXNG MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng --client claude
Manual Installation
npm install -g @kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng
Usage
Direct Run
mcp-server-searxng
With Dive Desktop
1. Click "+ Add MCP Server" in Dive Desktop
2. Copy and paste this configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng"
]
}
}
}
3. Click "Save" to install the MCP server
Tool Documentation
- web_search
- Execute meta searches across multiple engines
- Inputs:
- query (string): Search terms
- page (number, optional): Page number (default: 1)
- language (string, optional): Language code (e.g., 'en', 'all', default: 'all')
- categories (array, optional): Search categories (default: ['general'])
- Available: "general", "news", "science", "files", "images", "videos", "music", "social media", "it"
- time_range (string, optional): Time filter (day/week/month/year)
- safesearch (number, optional): Safe search level (0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict, default: 1)
Development
git clone https://github.com/kevinwatt/mcp-server-searxng.git
cd mcp-server-searxng
npm install
npm run build
npm start
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
Prerequisites
You need a local SearXNG instance running. To set it up:
Run SearXNG with Docker
Quick Start
```bash
Create config directory
mkdir -p searxng
Create config file
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