OpenZIM MCP is a modern, secure, and high-performance MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI models to access and search ZIM format knowledge bases offline.
Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.
{
"mcpServers": {
"openzim-mcp": {
"args": [
"openzim-mcp"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}Are you the author?
Add this badge to your README to show your security score and help users find safe servers.
🆕 NEW: Article Summaries & Table of Contents! Extract concise article summaries and hierarchical table of contents for quick content overview. Plus pagination cursors for seamless navigation! Learn more →
This server supports HTTP transport. Be the first to test it — help the community know if it works.
Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.
No known CVEs.
Checked openzim-mcp against OSV.dev.
Be the first to review
Have you used this server?
Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.
Sign in to write a review.
Others in search / education
Web and local search using Brave Search API
Production ready MCP server with real-time search, extract, map & crawl.
Multi-engine MCP server, CLI, and local daemon for agent web search and content retrieval — skill-guided workflows, no API keys.
MCP server for Firecrawl — search, scrape, and interact with the web. Supports both cloud and self-hosted instances. Features include web search, scraping, page interaction, batch processing, and LLM-powered content analysis.
MCP Security Weekly
Get CVE alerts and security updates for Openzim Mcp and similar servers.
Start a conversation
Ask a question, share a tip, or report an issue.
Sign in to join the discussion.
Transform static ZIM archives into dynamic knowledge engines for AI models
🆕 NEW in v1.1.0: Structured tool output! All 17 JSON-returning tools now emit MCP
structuredContentalongside the legacy text envelope — no more double-stringified JSON, no more escape soup. Plus a major namespace-handling fix for new-scheme archives (list_namespaces/browse_namespace/walk_namespacewere silently broken on Wikipedia-style ZIMs), pagination forextract_article_links, case-insensitivefind_entry_by_titlewith proper scoring, and CORS support for browser MCP clients. Learn more →Still on the v1.0.0 highlights? Streamable HTTP transport, batch entry retrieval, and per-entry resources are documented in the v1.0.0 section.
Dual Mode Support: Choose between Simple mode (1 intelligent natural language tool, default) or Advanced mode (21 specialized tools, plus 3 MCP prompts and 3 MCP resources) to match your LLM's capabilities.
**OpenZIM MCP transforms static Z