# mrkrsl/web-search-mcp

A simple, locally hosted Web Search MCP server for use with Local LLMs

Repository: https://github.com/mrkrsl/web-search-mcp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/web-search-mcp
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: llm, lmstudio, local-llm, mcp, web-search
Last push: 2025-08-08T19:58:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 36/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 35, release rhythm 42, longevity 30
- inputs: {"age_days": 432, "days_push": 390, "days_rel": 391, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1109, forks 161 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.320719+00:00)

## What it is
A locally hosted MCP (Model Context Protocol) server written in TypeScript that gives local LLMs web search capabilities without requiring API keys. It searches via Bing, Brave, and DuckDuckGo using a mix of browser automation (Playwright) and HTTP requests, and offers tools for full-page content extraction, snippet-only search, and single-page content retrieval.

## Use cases
- give my local llm web search without api keys
- mcp server for lm studio web search
- extract full webpage content for rag with local models
- search the web from librechat with a local model
- self-hosted web search tool for mcp clients
- scrape search results and page content for an ai agent

## When to choose
- you run local LLMs in LM Studio or LibreChat and want tool-based web search
- you want to avoid paid search APIs and API keys
- you need full-page content extraction, not just snippets
- you prefer a self-hosted, MIT-licensed solution

## When to avoid
- you need a cloud-hosted or managed search service
- your MCP client is untested with this server and you need guaranteed compatibility
- you rely on older Llama or DeepSeek R1 models that handle tool calls poorly
- you need high-volume scraping at scale with proxy rotation

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: mcp, web-scraping, search-engine, llm-inference, agent-framework
- domain: large-language-models, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: mcp-server, local-llm, web-search, lm-studio, no-api-keys, playwright, bing, duckduckgo, brave-search, search, ai-agents, nodejs

## Member repositories
- mrkrsl/web-search-mcp (main) score 36

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.320719+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:43:37.001476+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mrkrsl/web-search-mcp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.320719+00:00, sha 6179410f7230)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.