How do I install exa-mcp-server?

Its own README gives this command: claude plugin install exa@claude-plugins-official. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.

Is exa-mcp-server official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 5,158 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-19.

What licence does exa-mcp-server use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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exa-mcp-server

exa-mcp-server is an MCP server, listed under search. Its repository has 5,158 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.

Exa MCP for web search and web crawling!

Install

Read from exa-mcp-server’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.

claude plugin install exa@claude-plugins-official

View in exa-mcp-server’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

○ not recognised

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

5158

State

listed

Licence

MIT

From the repository

Exa MCP for web search and web crawling!

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-22

exa-mcp-server compared with similar servers

exa-mcp-server compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
exa-mcp-server (this page)	—	None listed	5,158	2026-10-19	MIT
anysearch-mcp-server	anysearch	ANYSEARCH_API_KEY	2,052	2026-09-17	Apache-2.0
duckduckgo-mcp-server	—	None listed	1,550	2026-09-04	MIT
web-search-mcp	—	None listed	1,182	2025-08-08	MIT
mcp-omnisearch	exa, github, tavily	EXA_API_KEY, TAVILY_API_KEY	357	2026-10-23	MIT
search1api-mcp	search1api	SEARCH1API_KEY	173	2026-10-24	NOASSERTION

Ranked by services in common with exa-mcp-server, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about exa-mcp-server

What does exa-mcp-server do?: Exa MCP for web search and web crawling!
How do I install exa-mcp-server?: Its own README gives this command: claude plugin install exa@claude-plugins-official. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
Is exa-mcp-server official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 5,158 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-19.
What licence does exa-mcp-server use?: The repository declares the MIT licence.

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