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. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Open WebSearch actively maintained?

Open WebSearch is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 1,737 GitHub stars.

Open WebSearch

Name: Open WebSearch
Author: Aas-ee

skills · by Aas-ee

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

1.7k 10.4M/wk 4 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

Apache-2.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 0d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

4 tools · ~335 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Open WebSearch is an MCP server that multi-engine MCP server, CLI, and local daemon for agent web search and content retrieval — skill-guided workflows, no API keys. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 81/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

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What Open WebSearch does

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.

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81/100across 5 weighted dimensions

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~335 tokens total

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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. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Open WebSearch actively maintained?: Open WebSearch is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 1,737 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

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What Open WebSearch does

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.

Test This Server

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

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Open-WebSearch

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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.

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Features

Web search using multi-engine results
- bing
- baidu
- ~~linux.do~~ temporarily unsupported
- csdn
- duckduckgo
- exa
- brave
- juejin
- startpage
- sogou
- hackernews
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
- csdn
- github (README files)
- generic HTTP(S) page / Markdown content

Choose the Right Path

MCP
- Best when you want to connect open-websearch to Claude Desktop, Cherry Studio, Cursor, or another MCP client.
CLI
- Best for one-shot local commands, shell scripts, and direct terminal usage.
Local daemon
- Best when you want a reusable long-lived local HTTP service exposing status, GET /health, and POST /search / POST /fetch-*. Start it explicitly with open-websearch serve and check it with open-websearch status.
Skill
- Best as an agent-facing guidance layer for setup and usage. A skill does not replace MCP, CLI, or the local daemon; it typically works together with the CLI and/or local daemon to help an agent discover, activate, and use the smallest working path.

Use with a Skill

Install the open-websearch skill for your agent first:

npx skills add https://github.com/Aas-ee/open-webSearch --skill open-websearch

On first use, the skill typically follows this path: detect whether a usable open-websearch path already exists, guide setup/enablement if it does not, validate that the capability is active, and only then continue with search or fetch through the smallest working path.

If the current environment cannot complete setup or activation automatically, you can explicitly have the agent start the local daemon first:

open-websearch serve
open-websearch status

Keep installation proxy settings separate from runtime proxy settings:

Installation proxy / mirror
- Use this when the skill or agent is installing open-websearch, playwright, or other npm packages.
- In restricted networks, npm-specific flags or npm config often work better than generic shell proxy variables, for example:

npm --proxy http://127.0.0.1:7890 --https-proxy http://127.0.0.1:7890 install -g open-websearch

Runtime proxy
- Use this when the daemon is already installed and is about to perfo

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

81/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−19

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked skills against OSV.dev.

Inventory

Tools (4)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~335 tokens total

Community

Reviews

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Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

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. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Open WebSearch actively maintained?: Open WebSearch is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 1,737 GitHub stars.