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Open Websearch

aas-ee/open-websearch

open-websearch provides an MCP server, CLI, and local daemon, and can also be paired with skill-guided agent workflows for live web search and content retrieval without API keys.

Install

npx open-websearch@latest

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "open-websearch@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MODE": "<MODE>",
        "DEFAULT_SEARCH_ENGINE": "<DEFAULT_SEARCH_ENGINE>",
        "ALLOWED_SEARCH_ENGINES": "<ALLOWED_SEARCH_ENGINES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

MODEDEFAULT_SEARCH_ENGINEALLOWED_SEARCH_ENGINESSYSTEMROOTPLAYWRIGHT_MODULE_PATHPLAYWRIGHT_PACKAGEPLAYWRIGHT_CDP_ENDPOINTSEARCH_MODE
Author
@aas-ee
Category
Developer Tools, Search Tools
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Web search using multi-engine results

  • HTTP proxy configuration support for accessing restricted resources

  • No API keys or authentication required

  • Returns structured results with titles, URLs, and descriptions

  • Configurable number of results per search

  • Customizable default search engine

  • Support for fetching individual article content

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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