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SearXNG Search

SearXNG Search is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server for SearXNG — privacy-respecting web search with pagination, URL reading. It has 1,329 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-searxng.

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Install SearXNG Search

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-searxng"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "your-value",
        "AUTH_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "AUTH_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env SEARXNG_URL=your-value --env AUTH_USERNAME=your-value --env AUTH_PASSWORD=your-value --transport stdio searxng-search -- npx -y mcp-searxng

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-searxng"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "your-value",
        "AUTH_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "AUTH_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "searxng_url",
      "description": "SEARXNG_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "auth_username",
      "description": "AUTH_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "auth_password",
      "description": "AUTH_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "searxng-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-searxng"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "${input:searxng_url}",
        "AUTH_USERNAME": "${input:auth_username}",
        "AUTH_PASSWORD": "${input:auth_password}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
SEARXNG_URLsecretYesURL of your SearXNG instance
AUTH_USERNAMEsecretNoLegacy global SearXNG Basic Auth username
AUTH_PASSWORDsecretNoLegacy global SearXNG Basic Auth password

Tools (4)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • searxng_web_search

    Find sources and refine results

  • searxng_search_suggestions

    Complete or refine a query

  • searxng_instance_info

    Inspect categories, engines and defaults

  • web_url_read

    Read a known URL as text/Markdown

About SearXNG Search

Privacy-respecting web search for AI assistants — use an operator-controlled or trusted SearXNG instance with Claude, Cursor, and more.

  • ai
  • llm
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • mcp-servers
  • search
  • searxng
  • claude
  • cursor
  • privacy

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FAQ

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How do I install the SearXNG Search MCP server?

Add the command npx -y mcp-searxng to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is SearXNG Search free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (SEARXNG_URL, AUTH_USERNAME and AUTH_PASSWORD) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is SearXNG Search actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v2.8.1, published Oct 25, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.