MCP-searxng
An MCP server for connecting agentic systems to search systems via searXNG.
Tools
Search the web with SearXNG
Prompts
search(query: str) -> f"Searching for {query} using searXNG"Usage
via uvx
- configure your client JSON like
{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-searxng"
]
}
}
}via git clone
- Add the server to claude desktop (the entrypoint is main.py)
Clone the repo and add this JSON to claude desktop
you can run this server with uvx mcp-searxng, or use a local copy of the repo
{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--project",
"/absoloute/path/to/MCP-searxng/",
"run",
"/absoloute/path/to/MCP-searxng/mcp-searxng/main.py"
]
}
}
}you will need to change the paths to match your environment
Custom SearXNG URL
set the environment variable
SEARXNG_URLto the URL of the searxng server (default ishttp://localhost:8080)run your MCP client and you should be able to search the web with searxng
