by pwilkin
SearXNG Public offers secure, private web searches with time-range filters, similar to DuckDuckGo browser and DuckDuck G
Searches the web through public SearXNG instances by scraping and parsing HTML results into structured JSON data. Includes fallback servers for reliability when main instances are unavailable.
SearXNG Public is a community-built MCP server published by pwilkin that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. SearXNG Public offers secure, private web searches with time-range filters, similar to DuckDuckGo browser and DuckDuck G It is categorized under search web.
You can install SearXNG Public in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
MIT
SearXNG Public is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
Fetch and extract information from websites automatically
Example
Research competitor pricing, scrape product reviews, monitor news mentions
Automate 5-10 hours/week of manual web research
Track website changes, new content, price updates
Example
Monitor competitor blog for new posts, track stock availability, watch for pricing changes
Stay informed without manual checking, never miss important updates
Extract structured data from multiple websites
Example
Compile product listings from 10 e-commerce sites, aggregate job postings, collect real estate data
Build datasets 100x faster than manual copying
Share your MCP server with the developer community
I recommend SearXNG Public for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
SearXNG Public is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
According to our notes, SearXNG Public benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
SearXNG Public is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
Strong directory entry: SearXNG Public surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
SearXNG Public has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
SearXNG Public has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
I recommend SearXNG Public for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
According to our notes, SearXNG Public benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
Useful MCP listing: SearXNG Public is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
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An MCP server that queries public SearXNG instances, parsing HTML contents into a JSON result
<a href="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@pwilkin/mcp-searxng-public"> <img width="380" height="200" src="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@pwilkin/mcp-searxng-public/badge" alt="SearXNG Server MCP server" /> </a>All the MCP servers for SearXNG that I've seen use "json" as the output format. While that is certainly a faster way to code a SearXNG MCP server, it will make it fail on virtually all public servers since they don't expose the JSON format.
This server will read from up to three public SearXNG servers (using one as main and the others as fallback) and will parse the results into JSON.
Install via npm install mcp-searxng-public.
If the server is installed, the run configuration is (for Cursor or Cursor-compatible clients) as follows:
{
"SearXNGScraper": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["mcp-searxng-public"],
"capabilities": {
"tool-calls": true
},
"env": {
"SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "https://metacat.online;https://nyc1.sx.ggtyler.dev;https://ooglester.com;https://search.080609.xyz;https://search.canine.tools;https://search.catboy.house;https://search.citw.lgbt;https://search.einfachzocken.eu;https://search.federicociro.com;https://search.hbubli.cc;https://search.im-in.space;https://search.indst.eu",
"DEFAULT_LANGUAGE": "en"
}
}
}
Note: You may need to adjust the env variables, particularly SEARXNG_BASE_URL, to point to your preferred SearXNG instances. The DEFAULT_LANGUAGE can also be set as needed. You can run the report task to get a report on good (accessible) SearXNG instances which you can put in the URLs line.
The server exposes one endpoint: search. The endpoint takes four arguments:
query - the search querytime_range (optional) - which takes a time range parameter according to the https://docs.searxng.org/dev/search_api.html spec (day, month or year).language (optional) - the language code for the search (e.g., en, es, fr). If not provided, it defaults to the value of the DEFAULT_LANGUAGE environment variable. If neither is set, no language parameter is sent to SearXNG.detailed (optional) - if set to "true", performs a more thorough search by querying up to 3 servers and fetching multiple pages of results (pages 1, 2, and 3) from each server, then merging and deduplicating the results.Returned is an array of objects:
[
{
"url": "https://github.com/searxng/searxng",
"summary": "You can start SearXNG using make run in the terminal or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+B"
},
{
"url": "https://searx.bndkt.io/",
"summary": "Powered by searxng - 2025.3.22+5986629c6 — a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine Source code | Issue tracker | Engine stats | Public instances | Contact instance maintainer"
},
{
"url": "https://docs.searxng.org/"
"summary": "SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from up to 243 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, SearXNG can be used over Tor …"
}
{
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SearXNG",
"summary": "SearXNG is federated, and as such is hosted by several instances, public and private. Private instances are hosted on a local network, or run on the user's desktop computer itself, and are …"
}
]
Interact with services that don't offer APIs
Example
Check form submissions, validate website functionality, test user flows
Automate interactions with any website, even without API
Prerequisites
Time Estimate
20-40 minutes including configuration and testing
Steps
Troubleshooting
✓ Do
✗ Don't
💡 Pro Tips
Architecture
MCP server handles HTTP requests, HTML parsing, JavaScript rendering (if headless browser), and returns structured data to Claude.
Protocols
Compatibility
✓ Use when
Use for research automation, content monitoring, data aggregation from multiple sources, and when official APIs don't exist. Best for read-only information gathering.
✗ Avoid when
Avoid for sites with APIs (use API instead), sites that explicitly forbid scraping, when data is copyrighted, or for login-required content without proper authorization.