mcpsurfr MCP Server

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mcpsurfr runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 778 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 29 Oct 2026.

Local web search with multi-engine deep research and on-device re-ranking. No API keys.

Installs per day peak 643 · avg 25

a month agotoday

778

Installs / week

pypi · mcpsurfr

150

Stars

18 open issues

29 Oct 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check mcpsurfr 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 mcpsurfr -- uvx mcpsurfr

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: MCPSURFR_MAX_CHARS (Text budget per call for the full-page tools, shared across pages (~4 chars per token)).

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mcpsurfr — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for mcpsurfr?

mcpsurfr 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 mcpsurfr was installed 778 times last week.

How do I connect mcpsurfr?

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

How many people use mcpsurfr?

The pypi package mcpsurfr was installed 778 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is mcpsurfr open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 150 stars on GitHub and 18 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.