Open WebSearch

Multi-engine MCP server, CLI, and local daemon for agent web search and content retrieval — skill-guided workflows, no API keys.

ActiveNot tested

★ 987↓ 682.3k/wknpm GitHub

95ANo CVEsactive4 toolsApache-2.0

Quick Install

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-search": {
      "name": "Web Search MCP",
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:3000/mcp",
      "isActive": true,
      "description": "Multi-engine web search with article fetching"
    }
  }
}

Setup guide

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Should you use this server?

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.

✓

Is it safe?

No known CVEs for skills.

No authentication — any process on your machine can connect.

Apache-2.0. View license →

✓

Is it maintained?

Last commit 8 days ago. 987 stars. 682,279 weekly downloads.

Will it work with my client?

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

Context cost

4 tools. ~300 tokens (0.2% of 200K).

Test This Server

This server supports HTTP transport. Be the first to test it — help the community know if it works.

Tools (4)

search

Performs web search using multi-engine results (bing, baidu, csdn, duckduckgo, exa, brave, juejin, startpage)

fetch-web

Fetches and extracts content from individual article pages (supports csdn, github README files, and generic HTTP(S) pages)

fetch-csdn

Fetches content from CSDN article pages

fetch-github

Fetches GitHub README files

Score Breakdown

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95A

Last scored 3h ago

How we score →

Security

30/30

No known vulnerabilities.

✓

Known CVEs — No known CVEs for skillscheck OSV.dev

✓

Tool safety — No dangerous patterns detected

✓

Tool poisoning — No poisoning indicators detected

✓

Injection vectors — No injection vectors detected

✗

Tool stability — Tool definitions changed since last scan

○

Dependency health — found on deps.dev, recently updated

✓

License — License: Apache-2.0

○

Authentication — No authentication required

○

Repository — active repo

CVEs checked daily via OSV.dev. Score algorithm is open source.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Open WebSearch safe to use?: Open WebSearch 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. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install Open WebSearch?: Open WebSearch supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Open WebSearch do?: Open WebSearch provides 4 tools: search, fetch-web, fetch-csdn, fetch-github. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Open WebSearch?: Open WebSearch is compatible with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and most MCP clients that support stdio transport. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Open WebSearch actively maintained?: Open WebSearch is actively maintained — last commit was 8 days ago. It has 987 GitHub stars.

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Has anyone used this with Cursor?How do you handle auth?Any alternatives?

{ "mcpServers": { "web-search": { "name": "Web Search MCP", "type": "streamableHttp", "baseUrl": "http://localhost:3000/mcp", "isActive": true, "description": "Multi-engine web search with article fetching" } } }

Should you use this server?

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.

✓

Is it safe?

No known CVEs for skills.

No authentication — any process on your machine can connect.

Apache-2.0. View license →

✓

Is it maintained?

Last commit 8 days ago. 987 stars. 682,279 weekly downloads.

Will it work with my client?

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

Context cost

4 tools. ~300 tokens (0.2% of 200K).

Tools (4)

search

Performs web search using multi-engine results (bing, baidu, csdn, duckduckgo, exa, brave, juejin, startpage)

fetch-web

Fetches and extracts content from individual article pages (supports csdn, github README files, and generic HTTP(S) pages)

fetch-csdn

Fetches content from CSDN article pages

fetch-github

Fetches GitHub README files

Score Breakdown

MCPpedia Score

Click each category to see evidence

95A

Last scored 3h ago

How we score →

Security

30/30

No known vulnerabilities.

✓

Known CVEs — No known CVEs for skillscheck OSV.dev

✓

Tool safety — No dangerous patterns detected

✓

Tool poisoning — No poisoning indicators detected

✓

Injection vectors — No injection vectors detected

✗

Tool stability — Tool definitions changed since last scan

○

Dependency health — found on deps.dev, recently updated

✓

License — License: Apache-2.0

○

Authentication — No authentication required

○

Repository — active repo

CVEs checked daily via OSV.dev. Score algorithm is open source.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Open WebSearch safe to use?

Open WebSearch 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. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

How do I install Open WebSearch?

Open WebSearch supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Open WebSearch do?

Open WebSearch provides 4 tools: search, fetch-web, fetch-csdn, fetch-github. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Open WebSearch?

Open WebSearch is compatible with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and most MCP clients that support stdio transport. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Open WebSearch actively maintained?

Open WebSearch is actively maintained — last commit was 8 days ago. It has 987 GitHub stars.