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webfetch MCP Server

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webfetch runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 104 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 23 Jul 2026.

Self-hosted web search for LLM agents: search -> fetch -> rank pipeline with semantic caching

Installs per day peak 34 · avg 18 · -36% w/w
a month agotoday
104
Installs / week
pypi · webfetch-llm
60
Stars
0 open issues
23 Jul 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Builds a database query by concatenation webfetch/receipts.py:149, [пакет] webfetch/receipts.py:149
    from webfetch.update_check import available_update
    notice = available_update()
    if notice:
        print("\n" + notice)
        __import__(module)

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add webfetch -- uvx webfetch-llm
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webfetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "webfetch-llm"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.webfetch]
command = "uvx"
args = ["webfetch-llm"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webfetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "webfetch-llm"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "webfetch": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "webfetch-llm"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: BRAVE_API_KEY (Optional - adds Brave to the multi-engine fusion. DDG works with no keys at all), SERPER_API_KEY (Optional - adds Serper (Google results) to the multi-engine fusion), TAVILY_API_KEY (Optional - adds Tavily to the multi-engine fusion), WEBFETCH_PROVIDER (Optional - search strategy: multi (RRF fusion of available engines, default), fallback (priority failover), or a single engine name like ddg).

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webfetch — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for webfetch?
webfetch 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 webfetch-llm was installed 104 times last week.
How do I connect webfetch?
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 webfetch-llm straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use webfetch?
The pypi package webfetch-llm was installed 104 times in the last week. Week over week that is -36%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is webfetch open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 60 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.