Is io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search safe to use?

io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search?

io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search

MCP server and CLI for web search and page reading with SearXNG, Crawl4AI, and Redis.

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MCP server and CLI for web search and page reading with SearXNG, Crawl4AI, and Redis.

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No authentication — any process on your machine can connect.

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Will it work with my client?

Transport: stdio. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and most MCP clients.

README

SourceWeave Web Search

SourceWeave Web Search is a fully local MCP server and CLI for web research.

It uses SearXNG for discovery, Crawl4AI for cleaned page extraction, and Redis or Valkey as the canonical persisted page cache.

For most users, the setup is simple:

run the supporting services locally in containers, or point at existing external endpoints
start the MCP server with uvx
connect your MCP client to the running server over stdio or local HTTP

Key Features

MCP server with stdio, sse, and streamable-http transports
fully local web research workflow with source discovery and batched page reading for MCP clients
explicit per-URL document conversion for PDFs and other supported documents
focused reads, direct URL reads, related-link limits, image metadata, and page-quality hints
publishable Python package, container image, and generated OpenWebUI artifact
compatible with OpenCode, VS Code Copilot, and other MCP clients

Requirements

Python 3.12+
a reachable SearXNG endpoint
a reachable Crawl4AI endpoint
a reachable Redis or Valkey instance

Optional:

Docker and Docker Compose for the repo-local stack

Recommended Local Deployment

Start the supporting services locally:

git clone https://github.com/MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search.git
cd sourceweave-web-search
cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d redis crawl4ai searxng

Then start the MCP server from the published package with uvx and point it at those local endpoints:

SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_SEARXNG_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:19080/search?format=json&q=<query>" \
SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:19235" \
SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CACHE_REDIS_URL="redis://127.0.0.1:16379/2" \
uvx --from sourceweave-web-search sourceweave-search-mcp

For a local HTTP MCP endpoint instead of stdio:

SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_SEARXNG_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:19080/search?format=json&q=<query>" \
SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:19235" \
SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CACHE_REDIS_URL="redis://127.0.0.1:16379/2" \
uvx --from sourceweave-web-search sourceweave-search-mcp \
  --transport streamable-http \
  --host 127.0.0.1 \
  --port 8000

You can also point the same uvx command at externally hosted SearXNG, Crawl4AI, and Redis or Valkey endpoints by changing the environment variables.

Installation Options

Python package

Published releases can be installed from PyPI:

pip install sourceweave-web-search

Or run directly without a global install:

uvx --from sourceweave-web-search sourceweave-search-mcp
uvx --from sourceweave-web-search sourceweave-search --query "python programming"

Repo checkout

For local development or source-based runs:

git clone https://github.com/MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search.git
cd sourceweave-web-search
uv sync --locked --group dev
uv run sourceweave-search-mcp

Container image

The release workflow can publish a container image to:

ghcr.io/mrnaqa/sourceweave-web-search-mcp

Example runtime:

docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 \
  -e SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_SEARXNG_BASE_URL="http://host.docker.internal:19080/search?format=json&q=<query>" \
  -e SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL="http://host.docker.internal:19235" \
  -e SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CACHE_REDIS_URL="redis://host.docker.internal:16379/2" \
  ghcr.io/mrnaqa/sourceweave-web-search-mcp:latest

Example docker compose recipe:

services:
  redis:
    image: valkey/valkey:9-alpine
    command: ["redis-server", "--appendonly", "no"]

  crawl4ai:
    image: unclecode/crawl4ai:0.8.6

  searxng:
    image: searxng/searxng:2026.4.11-9e08a6771

  sourceweave-mcp:
    image: ghcr.io/mrnaqa/sourceweave-web-search-mcp:latest
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - crawl4ai
      - searxng
    environment:
      SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_SEARXNG_BASE_URL: http://searxng:8080/search?format=

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search#readme)

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Is io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search safe to use?: io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search?: io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search?: io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search is compatible with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and most MCP clients that support stdio transport. It uses stdio transport.

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SourceWeave Web Search

SourceWeave Web Search is a fully local MCP server and CLI for web research.

It uses SearXNG for discovery, Crawl4AI for cleaned page extraction, and Redis or Valkey as the canonical persisted page cache.

For most users, the setup is simple:

run the supporting services locally in containers, or point at existing external endpoints
start the MCP server with uvx
connect your MCP client to the running server over stdio or local HTTP

Key Features

MCP server with stdio, sse, and streamable-http transports
fully local web research workflow with source discovery and batched page reading for MCP clients
explicit per-URL document conversion for PDFs and other supported documents
focused reads, direct URL reads, related-link limits, image metadata, and page-quality hints
publishable Python package, container image, and generated OpenWebUI artifact
compatible with OpenCode, VS Code Copilot, and other MCP clients

Requirements

Python 3.12+
a reachable SearXNG endpoint
a reachable Crawl4AI endpoint
a reachable Redis or Valkey instance

Optional:

Docker and Docker Compose for the repo-local stack

Recommended Local Deployment

Start the supporting services locally:

git clone https://github.com/MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search.git
cd sourceweave-web-search
cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d redis crawl4ai searxng

Then start the MCP server from the published package with uvx and point it at those local endpoints:

SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_SEARXNG_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:19080/search?format=json&q=<query>" \
SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:19235" \
SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CACHE_REDIS_URL="redis://127.0.0.1:16379/2" \
uvx --from sourceweave-web-search sourceweave-search-mcp

For a local HTTP MCP endpoint instead of stdio:

SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_SEARXNG_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:19080/search?format=json&q=<query>" \
SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:19235" \
SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CACHE_REDIS_URL="redis://127.0.0.1:16379/2" \
uvx --from sourceweave-web-search sourceweave-search-mcp \
  --transport streamable-http \
  --host 127.0.0.1 \
  --port 8000

You can also point the same uvx command at externally hosted SearXNG, Crawl4AI, and Redis or Valkey endpoints by changing the environment variables.

Installation Options

Python package

Published releases can be installed from PyPI:

pip install sourceweave-web-search

Or run directly without a global install:

uvx --from sourceweave-web-search sourceweave-search-mcp
uvx --from sourceweave-web-search sourceweave-search --query "python programming"

Repo checkout

For local development or source-based runs:

git clone https://github.com/MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search.git
cd sourceweave-web-search
uv sync --locked --group dev
uv run sourceweave-search-mcp

Container image

The release workflow can publish a container image to:

ghcr.io/mrnaqa/sourceweave-web-search-mcp

Example runtime:

docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 \
  -e SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_SEARXNG_BASE_URL="http://host.docker.internal:19080/search?format=json&q=<query>" \
  -e SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CRAWL4AI_BASE_URL="http://host.docker.internal:19235" \
  -e SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_CACHE_REDIS_URL="redis://host.docker.internal:16379/2" \
  ghcr.io/mrnaqa/sourceweave-web-search-mcp:latest

Example docker compose recipe:

services:
  redis:
    image: valkey/valkey:9-alpine
    command: ["redis-server", "--appendonly", "no"]

  crawl4ai:
    image: unclecode/crawl4ai:0.8.6

  searxng:
    image: searxng/searxng:2026.4.11-9e08a6771

  sourceweave-mcp:
    image: ghcr.io/mrnaqa/sourceweave-web-search-mcp:latest
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - crawl4ai
      - searxng
    environment:
      SOURCEWEAVE_SEARCH_SEARXNG_BASE_URL: http://searxng:8080/search?format=

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search#readme)