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Best MCP servers for web search

We found 206 MCP servers for web search in the catalog; these are the 15 that rank highest. The order comes from our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness, documentation and publisher identity. Nobody can pay for a place on this list. Exa, fastCRW and Tavily MCP lead it. Exa, Tavily MCP and SerpApi are published by the company that makes them. Exa has the most GitHub stars here (5,162). 12 of the 15 had activity in the last 30 days. Remote servers need no local install; local ones run on your machine and can reach local files. Each entry lists why it made the list and links to its install page.

Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade

Top 15 of 206

  1. 1
    Exa

    exa.aiOfficial

    Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.

    • Published by the vendor
    • Most GitHub stars here (5,162)
    • Remote server, no local install

    ★ 5.2KLast active Oct 19, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf

  2. 2
    fastCRW

    us

    Scrape, crawl, map & search the web.

    • 1.2K GitHub stars
    • Remote server, no local install
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 1.2KLast active Oct 21, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf

  3. 3
    Tavily MCP

    tavily-aiOfficial

    MCP server for advanced web search using Tavily

    • Published by the vendor
    • 2.5K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 2.5KLast active Oct 15, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  4. 4
    Free Search

    sweetcornna

    No-API-key web search, page fetching and document reading across many engines.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 154↓ 2.6K/wkLast active Oct 22, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Claude Desktop +2

  5. 5
    Nimrod

    orchis.ai

    Web search with quality scores; web pages are read on your computer by the local server.

    • Runs locally or as a remote server
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 258Last active Oct 3, 2026Local (stdio), Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor +1

  6. 6
    Mu

    micro.mu

    News, web search, mail, markets, weather, places, files, calendar, contacts.

    • Remote server, no local install
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (AGPL-3.0)

    ★ 436Last active Oct 24, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf

  7. 7
    Search1API

    superagents-lab

    Web search, agentic search, news, page retrieval, sitemaps, and trending topics through Search1API.

    • Runs locally or as a remote server
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 173Last active Oct 24, 2026Local (stdio), Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Codex, Cursor +2

  8. 8
    FrankenSurf

    yail259

    Read any web page and search the web: 28 tools, cheapest first, every page checked.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 101↓ 3K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  9. 9
    SerpApi

    serpapiOfficial

    Official SerpApi MCP server for Google, Bing, and other search engines.

    • Published by the vendor
    • Remote server, no local install
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 182Last active Oct 12, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf

  10. 10
    mcpsurfr

    nkapila6

    Local web search with multi-engine deep research and on-device re-ranking.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 134Last active Oct 23, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  11. 11
    CLIO Web

    iowarp

    Provider-fixed web search plus transparent URL, DOI, and document fetching

    • Most weekly downloads here (7.3K)
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (BSD-3-Clause)

    ★ 30↓ 7.3K/wkLast active Oct 8, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  12. 12
    Scrapeless MCP Server

    scrapeless-ai

    Web search, browser automation, scraping, crawling and CAPTCHA solving for AI agents.

    • Runs locally or as a remote server
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 169Last active Sep 8, 2026Local (stdio), Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Codex, Cursor +2

  13. 13
    One Search MCP

    yokingma

    Web search, URL discovery, scraping & extraction with agent-browser and search providers

    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 147Last active Jul 31, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  14. 14
    Agent Search MCP

    lennney

    Free-first Chinese and English web search MCP using zero-key sources and inspectable evidence.

    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 112Last active Sep 16, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  15. 15
    Blockrun MCP

    BlockRunAI

    Web search, deep research, prediction markets & crypto data for AI agents.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 392↓ 340/wkLast active Oct 20, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

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