SearXNG MCP Server

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SearXNG runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 430 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 23 Sep 2026.

Privacy-friendly web search through a configurable SearXNG instance.

Installs per day peak 94 · avg 66 · -19% w/w

a month agotoday

430

Installs / week

pypi · searxng

Stars

0 open issues

23 Sep 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

AGPL-3.0

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check SearXNG 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 searxng -- uvx searxng

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "searxng"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.searxng]
command = "uvx"
args = ["searxng"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "searxng"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "searxng": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "searxng"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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SearXNG — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for SearXNG?

SearXNG 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 pypi package searxng was installed 430 times last week.

How do I connect SearXNG?

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 searxng straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use SearXNG?

The pypi package searxng was installed 430 times in the last week. Week over week that is -19%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is SearXNG open source?

Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in Python 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.