How do I install duckduckgo-mcp-server?

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

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

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 1,550 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-09-04.

What licence does duckduckgo-mcp-server use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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duckduckgo-mcp-server

duckduckgo-mcp-server is an MCP server, listed under search. Its repository has 1,550 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.

This server implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to provide web search capabilities via DuckDuckGo, including features for content fetching and parsing.

Install

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

uvx duckduckgo-mcp-server

View in duckduckgo-mcp-server’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

○ not recognised

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

1550

State

listed

Licence

MIT

From the repository

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search capabilities through DuckDuckGo, with additional features for content fetching and parsing.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-22

What duckduckgo-mcp-server can do

3 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.

search: Performs a web search on DuckDuckGo and returns formatted results.
fetch_content: Fetches and parses content from a webpage.
expand_link: Search results replace URLs longer than DDG_REF_URL_THRESHOLD characters (default 120) with short, stable ref://<id> tokens so long tracking-laden links do not eat context. fetch_content accepts a tok

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