mcp-registry/MCP-searxng

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MCP-searxng

by SecretiveShell

MCP server that exposes a SearXNG web-search tool to MCP/agentic clients.

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Search the web with SearXNG

Installation

1. Prerequisites
• Python ≥3.9
• git
• (optional) running SearXNG instance or URL of any public instance.
2. Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/SecretiveShell/MCP-searxng.git cd MCP-searxng
3. Create isolated environment (recommended)
python3 -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate
4. Install Python dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Configure server
• Copy example configuration: cp config.example.yaml config.yaml
• Edit config.yaml and set:
searxng_url: "https://your-searxng-instance.example" # or public instance api_key: "<a-long-random-token>" # token your agents will send in HTTP header `x-api-key` listen_host: 0.0.0.0 listen_port: 8080 Alternatively use environment variables: export SEARXNG_URL="https://your-searxng-instance.example" export MCP_SEARCH_API_KEY="<token>" export MCP_PORT=8080
6. Run development server
python -m mcp_searxng
7. Production example (systemd)
[Unit] Description=MCP-searxng After=network.target [Service] WorkingDirectory=/opt/MCP-searxng ExecStart=/opt/MCP-searxng/.venv/bin/python -m mcp_searxng Environment="SEARXNG_URL=https://your-searxng-instance.example" Environment="MCP_SEARCH_API_KEY=<token>" Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

Documentation

License: MIT License
Updated 7/30/2025