SearXNG
PYPI · SEARXNG · 2 COMPONENTS
Privacy-friendly web search through a configurable SearXNG instance.
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Last scanned (16 hours ago)
Scores higher than 86% of PyPI servers
Category Search and Retrieval
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs uv_build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 1 of 28 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (AGPL-3.0-or-later).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 56 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability80
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 148 tokens (~74/item across 2 items; 1 tools + 1 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management83
- Stability observed for 25 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 +13
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
- 30 Oct 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 29 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 27 Oct 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 26 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 25 Oct 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 24 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 23 Oct 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 4 Nov 2026 · Analysed pypi/searxng@0.1.2
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | No attestation published |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | uv_build |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 28 packages
| Packages resolved | 28 |
|---|---|
| No linked repository | 1 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
web_search SearXNG Web Search ~117
Use SearXNG to search the web for information
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| categories | array | – | Search categories, e.g. ['general', 'images', 'news'] |
| engines | array | – | Search engines, e.g. ['google', 'bing', 'duckduckgo'] |
| language | string | – | Search language code (default 'en') |
| max_results | integer | – | Maximum number of results to return (default 10) |
| query | string | yes | Search query string |
| time_range | string | – | Time range filter |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the SearXNG MCP server?
SearXNG runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx searxng. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · searxng
claude mcp add danchev-searxng -- uvx searxng
What is the SearXNG MCP server?
SearXNG is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.danchev/searxng. Privacy-friendly web search through a configurable SearXNG instance. This page covers its PyPI package (searxng).
Is the SearXNG MCP server safe to use?
SearXNG scores 83 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 November 2026. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the SearXNG MCP server expose?
SearXNG exposes 1 tool: web_search. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 117 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the SearXNG MCP server still maintained?
SearXNG is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the SearXNG MCP server under?
SearXNG declares the AGPL-3.0-or-later licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.