MCP Server

SearXNG HTTP MCP MCP Server

Name: SearXNG HTTP MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.whw23

io.github.whw23/searxng-http-mcp

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What is the SearXNG HTTP MCP MCP server?

Self-contained SearXNG metasearch MCP server. One Docker image, 200+ engines, privacy-first.

How to install SearXNG HTTP MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

API_KEY
secret
API key for authentication. Leave empty for no auth.

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng-http-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/whw23/searxng-http-mcp",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--memory",
        "512m",
        "--cpus",
        "1",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng-http-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/whw23/searxng-http-mcp",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--memory",
        "512m",
        "--cpus",
        "1",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng-http-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/whw23/searxng-http-mcp",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--memory",
        "512m",
        "--cpus",
        "1",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "searxng-http-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/whw23/searxng-http-mcp",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--memory",
        "512m",
        "--cpus",
        "1",
        "--stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add searxng-http-mcp --env API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/whw23/searxng-http-mcp run --rm -i --memory 512m --cpus 1 --stdio