SearXNG Search

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add mcp-searxng -e SEARXNG_URL=... -e AUTH_USERNAME=... -e AUTH_PASSWORD=... -- npx -y mcp-searxng

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-searxng": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-searxng"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "...",
        "AUTH_USERNAME": "...",
        "AUTH_PASSWORD": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

MCP server for SearXNG — privacy-respecting web search with pagination, URL reading

Questions

SearXNG Search is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package mcp-searxng.

Run: claude mcp add mcp-searxng -e SEARXNG_URL=... -e AUTH_USERNAME=... -e AUTH_PASSWORD=... -- npx -y mcp-searxng

Run: codex mcp add mcp-searxng --env SEARXNG_URL=... --env AUTH_USERNAME=... --env AUTH_PASSWORD=... -- npx -y mcp-searxng

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