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SourceWeave Web Search MCP Server

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SourceWeave Web Search runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 61 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 23 Apr 2026.

Fully local MCP server and CLI for web research

Installs per day peak 67 · avg 15 · -46% w/w
a month agotoday
61
Installs / week
pypi · sourceweave-web-search
2
Stars
0 open issues
23 Apr 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 3 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.

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 sourceweave-web-search -- uvx sourceweave-web-search
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourceweave-web-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "sourceweave-web-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.sourceweave-web-search]
command = "uvx"
args = ["sourceweave-web-search"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourceweave-web-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "sourceweave-web-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "sourceweave-web-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "sourceweave-web-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_SEARXNG_BASE_URL (SearXNG URL template. Must contain <query>), SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL (Base URL for the Crawl4AI service), SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CACHE_REDIS_URL (Redis or Valkey URL used for caching).

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SourceWeave Web Search — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for SourceWeave Web Search?
SourceWeave Web Search 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 sourceweave-web-search was installed 61 times last week.
How do I connect SourceWeave Web Search?
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 sourceweave-web-search straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use SourceWeave Web Search?
The pypi package sourceweave-web-search was installed 61 times in the last week. Week over week that is -46%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is SourceWeave Web Search open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 2 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.