MCP server for connecting agentic systems to search systems via searXNG
An MCP server for connecting agentic systems to search systems via searXNG.
Search the web with SearXNG
search(query: str) -> f"Searching for {query} using searXNG"
{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-searxng"
]
}
}
}
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
set the environment variable SEARXNG_URL to the URL of the searxng server (default is http://localhost:8080)
run your MCP client and you should be able to search the web with searxng
Note: if you are using claude desktop make sure to kill the process (task manager or equivalent) before running the server again