Privatesearch MCP Server

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Privatesearch runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 30 Oct 2026.

Web search through DuckDuckGo and readable page fetching, no API key needed.

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Installs / week

npm · @reneturcios/privatesearch

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30 Oct 2026

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MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Privatesearch every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add privatesearch -- npx -y @reneturcios/privatesearch

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "privatesearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@reneturcios/privatesearch"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.privatesearch]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@reneturcios/privatesearch"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "privatesearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@reneturcios/privatesearch"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "privatesearch": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@reneturcios/privatesearch"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Privatesearch — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Privatesearch?

Privatesearch runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @reneturcios/privatesearch.

How do I connect Privatesearch?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @reneturcios/privatesearch straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

Is Privatesearch open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.