How do I install WebSearch-MCP?

Its own README gives this command: npx websearch-mcp. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.

Is WebSearch-MCP official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 42 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-04-30.

What licence does WebSearch-MCP use?

The repository metadata we read does not state a licence, so check the repository before you rely on it.

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WebSearch-MCP

WebSearch-MCP is an MCP server, listed under search. Its repository has 42 GitHub stars; we last read it on 2026-10-22.

This implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides web search capabilities over stdio and integrates with a WebSearch Crawler API to fetch search results.

Install

Read from WebSearch-MCP’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.

npx websearch-mcp

View in WebSearch-MCP’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

○ not recognised

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

State

stale

Licence

—

From the repository

[Self-hosted] A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that provides a web search capability over stdio transport. This server integrates with a WebSearch Crawler API to retrieve search results.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-22

What WebSearch-MCP can do

1 tool documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.

web_search: Execute a web search with specified parameters.

Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.

WebSearch-MCP compared with similar servers

WebSearch-MCP compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
WebSearch-MCP (this page)	—	None listed	42	2025-04-30	—
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 WebSearch-MCP, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about WebSearch-MCP

What does WebSearch-MCP do?: This implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides web search capabilities over stdio and integrates with a WebSearch Crawler API to fetch search results.
How do I install WebSearch-MCP?: Its own README gives this command: npx websearch-mcp. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
Is WebSearch-MCP official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 42 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-04-30.
What licence does WebSearch-MCP use?: The repository metadata we read does not state a licence, so check the repository before you rely on it.

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