Is Searxng.Rb safe to use?

Searxng.Rb 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 MIT.

How do I install Searxng.Rb?

Searxng.Rb 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 Searxng.Rb do?

Searxng.Rb provides 2 tools: searxng_web_search, web_url_read. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Searxng.Rb?

Searxng.Rb is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is Searxng.Rb actively maintained?

Searxng.Rb is recently maintained — last commit was 45 days ago. It has 2 GitHub stars.

Searxng.Rb

Name: Searxng.Rb
Author: amkisko

by amkisko

SearXNG client and MCP server for Ruby. Local and private web search from console, IDE, and tools.

2 2 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 45d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

2 tools · ~352 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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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, http · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng": {
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "http://localhost:8080"
      },
      "args": [
        "exec",
        "searxng",
        "serve"
      ],
      "command": "bundle"
    }
  }
}

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What Searxng.Rb does

Ruby gem providing a SearXNG HTTP client, CLI (search), and MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for web search. Integrates with MCP-compatible clients like Codex, Cursor, Claude, and other MCP-enabled tools.

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Is Searxng.Rb safe to use?: Searxng.Rb 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 MIT.
How do I install Searxng.Rb?: Searxng.Rb 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 Searxng.Rb do?: Searxng.Rb provides 2 tools: searxng_web_search, web_url_read. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Searxng.Rb?: Searxng.Rb is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Searxng.Rb actively maintained?: Searxng.Rb is recently maintained — last commit was 45 days ago. It has 2 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, http · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng": {
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "http://localhost:8080"
      },
      "args": [
        "exec",
        "searxng",
        "serve"
      ],
      "command": "bundle"
    }
  }
}

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searxng.rb

Requirements

Ruby 3.1 or higher (Ruby 3.0 and earlier are not supported). For managing Ruby versions, rbenv or mise are recommended; system Ruby may be sufficient if it meets the version requirement.

Quick Start

gem install searxng

Or add to your Gemfile:

gem "searxng"

Quick start with a local SearXNG instance: The repo includes a ready-made docker-compose and settings so you can run SearXNG locally (JSON format and limiter preconfigured for the gem). From the repo root: docker compose -f examples/docker-compose.yml up -d, then export SEARXNG_URL="http://localhost:8080". See examples/SETUP.md for details.

CLI

searxng search "your query"
searxng search "ruby" --page 2 --language en --time-range day --json

Options: --url, --page, --language, --time-range (day|month|year), --safesearch (0|1|2), --json.

Ruby API

require "searxng"

client = Searxng::Client.new
data = client.search("ruby programming", pageno: 1, language: "en")

data[:results].each do |r|
  puts r[:title], r[:url], r[:content]
end

Configuration

SEARXNG_URL: Base URL of your SearXNG instance (e.g. http://localhost:8080 or https://search.example.com). The client defaults to http://localhost:8080; MCP server startup validates that this variable is explicitly set and well-formed.
SEARXNG_USER / SEARXNG_PASSWORD (optional): Basic auth credentials if your instance is protected. AUTH_USERNAME / AUTH_PASSWORD are also accepted for compatibility. Auth vars must be provided as a pair.
SEARXNG_CA_FILE / SEARXNG_CA_PATH (optional): Custom CA certificate file or directory for HTTPS. You can also pass ca_file:, ca_path:, or verify_mode: to Searxng::Client.new.
SEARXNG_USER_AGENT (optional): Custom User-Agent string. The client sends a default identifying the gem; if your instance returns 403 Forbidden (e.g. bot detection), set a custom User-Agent or pass user_agent: to Searxng::Client.new.
HTTP_PROXY / HTTPS_PROXY / ALL_PROXY / NO_PROXY (optional): Proxy configuration for HTTP(S) requests.
FTP_USER / FTP_PASSWORD (optional): FTP credentials used when URL doesn’t include auth.
SFTP_USER / SFTP_PASSWORD (optional): SFTP credentials used when URL doesn’t include auth.
SMB_USER / SMB_PASSWORD / SMB_DOMAIN (optional): SMB credentials/domain used when URL doesn’t include auth.
IPFS_GATEWAY (optional): Gateway used for ipfs:// URLs (default: https://ipfs.io).
GEMINI_INSECURE=1 (optional): disables TLS certificate verification for Gemini fetches in web_url_read.

To fully customize the HTTP client (e.g. custom certs, proxy, timeouts), override #build_http(uri) in a subclass, or pass a configure_http: callable to the client; it is invoked with the Net::HTTP instance and the request URI before each request.

MCP Tools

The MCP server provides the following tools:

searxng_web_search - Web search via SearXNG
- Parameters: query (required), pageno (optional), max_results (optional, default 10), time_range (optional), language (optional), safesearch (optional). Use max_results to limit how many results are returned in one response (reduces

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Why this score

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

Score breakdown

69/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−31

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

Inventory

Tools (2)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~352 tokens total

Inventory

Resources (2)

server-config

current server/environment capabilities

config://server-config

usage-guide

concise usage and configuration guide

help://usage-guide

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

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 Searxng.Rb safe to use?: Searxng.Rb 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 MIT.
How do I install Searxng.Rb?: Searxng.Rb 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 Searxng.Rb do?: Searxng.Rb provides 2 tools: searxng_web_search, web_url_read. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Searxng.Rb?: Searxng.Rb is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Searxng.Rb actively maintained?: Searxng.Rb is recently maintained — last commit was 45 days ago. It has 2 GitHub stars.