A Python client for interacting with local/LAN SearXNG instances.
Searxng MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Searxng directly instead of describing what you should do. A Python client for interacting with local/LAN SearXNG instances.
A Python client library crafted by JamePeng (jame_peng@sina.com) for seamless interaction with your self-hosted SearXNG instance. This library empowers you to programmatically perform various searches (text, images, videos, news, etc.) against your local or LAN-deployed SearXNG server, giving you full control over your search data without relying on external APIs.
Once Searxng is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverBeing a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.
You will need 2 environment variables: SEARXNG_HOST, SEARXNG_BASE_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Searxng's toolset — Prerequisites — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.
This entry was verified against Searxng's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"searxng-search": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["build"],
"env": {
"SEARXNG_HOST": "your-value",
"SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| SEARXNG_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
| SEARXNG_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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