How do I install web-search-mcp?

Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/pranavms13/web-search-mcp

Is web-search-mcp official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 16 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-06-01.

What licence does web-search-mcp use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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web-search-mcp

web-search-mcp is an MCP server, listed under browser & scraping. It reaches chrome. Its repository has 16 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-24.

This server acts as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) to provide web search functionality by scraping results from Google, DuckDuckGo, and Bing using a headless Chrome browser.

Install

MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. web-search-mcp’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.

Read web-search-mcp’s own install instructions ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

chrome

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

State

listed

Licence

MIT

From the repository

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search functionality using a headless Chrome browser to scrape Google, DuckDuckGo and Bing search results.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-24

web-search-mcp compared with similar servers

web-search-mcp compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
web-search-mcp (this page)	chrome	None listed	16	2026-06-01	MIT
mcp-chrome	chrome(1 shared)	None listed	12,501	2026-01-06	MIT
puppeteer-mcp-server	chrome, puppeteer(1 shared)	None listed	486	2025-03-14	MIT
safari-mcp	chrome(1 shared)	None listed	223	2026-10-19	MIT
native-devtools-mcp	chrome(1 shared)	None listed	139	2026-09-24	MIT
blueprint-mcp	chrome(1 shared)	None listed	106	2026-08-10	Apache-2.0

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

Common questions about web-search-mcp

What does web-search-mcp do?: This server acts as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) to provide web search functionality by scraping results from Google, DuckDuckGo, and Bing using a headless Chrome browser.
How do I install web-search-mcp?: Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/pranavms13/web-search-mcp
What does web-search-mcp connect to, and what does it need?: It reaches chrome.
Is web-search-mcp official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 16 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-06-01.
What licence does web-search-mcp use?: The repository declares the MIT licence.

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