exa-mcp-server
Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.
Give your assistant live web search with citations. Most search servers need an API key; a few (DuckDuckGo, SearXNG) don't. We compared 24 Web Search MCP servers — 18 updated in the last 90 days, 12 with one-click install — ranked by relevance and GitHub stars.
Top 12 by relevance. Status: maintained = commit in the last 90 days.
| Server | Stars | Status | Updated | Install | API key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exa-mcp-serverexa-labs | ★ 5.1k | Maintained | 6 days ago | See README | Likely |
| tavily-mcptavily-ai | ★ 2.4k | Maintained | 8 days ago | Command | Likely |
| duckduckgo-mcp-servernickclyde | ★ 1.5k | Maintained | 1 month ago | One-click | Not mentioned |
| brave-search-mcp-serverbrave | ★ 1.5k | Maintained | 4 days ago | One-click | Likely |
| mcp-searxngihor-sokoliuk | ★ 1.3k | Maintained | today | Command | Likely |
| web-search-mcpmrkrsl | ★ 1.2k | Stale | 1 year ago | One-click | Likely |
| google-searchweb-agent-master | ★ 622 | Stale | 1 year ago | One-click | Likely |
| kindly-web-search-mcp-serverShelpuk-AI-Technology-Consulting | ★ 399 | Maintained | 3 days ago | One-click | Likely |
| perplexity-mcpjsonallen | ★ 308 | Stale | 1 year ago | One-click | Likely |
| wigoloKnockOutEZ | ★ 5.5k | Maintained | today | One-click | Likely |
| modelcontextprotocolperplexityai | ★ 2.6k | Maintained | today | Command | Likely |
| mcp-gscAminForou | ★ 1.9k | Maintained | 28 days ago | See README | Not mentioned |
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Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.
Production ready MCP server with real-time search, extract, map & crawl.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search capabilities through DuckDuckGo, with additional features for content fetching and parsing.
Visit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,…
Private web search for AI assistants via SearXNG — supports Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client
A simple, locally hosted Web Search MCP server for use with Local LLMs
A Playwright-based Node.js tool that bypasses search engine anti-scraping mechanisms to execute Google searches. Local alternative to SERP APIs with MCP server integration.
Kindly Web Search MCP Server: Web search + robust content retrieval for AI coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, etc.) and AI agents (Claude Desktop, OpenClaw, Hermes, etc.). Supports Serper, Tavily, and SearXNG.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search functionality using Perplexity AI's API.
The go-to web for your AI coding agent — local-first search, fetch, crawl & research over MCP. No API keys, no cloud, $0/query. Public beta.
The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform
Google Search Console Insights with Claude AI for SEOs
Unified real-time search MCP server supporting general web search, vertical domain search, parallel batch search, and full-page URL content extraction.
Multi-engine MCP server, CLI, and local daemon for agent web search and content retrieval — skill-guided workflows, no API keys.
Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram) MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity & Cursor — the Meta node of Pipeboard’s 5-platform family (+ Google, TikTok, Snap, Reddit). Hosted remote MCP, badged Meta Business Partner, free plan — no self-hosting required.
Multi-AI MCP Server - Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Perplexity to your coding tools without any API
Fast, lightweight Firecrawl/Tavily alternative in Rust. Web scraper, crawler & search API with MCP server for AI agents. Drop-in Firecrawl-compatible API (/scrape, /crawl, /search). 2.3x faster than Tavily, 1.5x faster than Firecrawl in 1K-URL benchmarks. 6 MB RAM, single binary. Self-host or use managed cloud.
End-to-end documentation to set up your own local & fully private LLM server on Debian. Equipped with chat, web search, RAG, model management, MCP servers, image generation, and TTS.
Agentify Desktop lets Codex/Claude/OpenCode control your logged-in ChatGPT, Claude, AiStudio, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity web sessions via MCP, parallel hidden/visible tabs, file upload + image download
SEOMonster: a local, user-credential-driven MCP server for SEO workflows over Google Search Console, GA4, PageSpeed Insights, and Cloudflare. Read-first, open source.
CoexistAI is a modular, developer-friendly research assistant framework . It enables you to build, search, summarize, and automate research workflows using LLMs, web search, Reddit, YouTube, and mapping tools—all with simple MCP tool calls or API calls or Python functions.
Rust MCP server for Grok web search and Tavily-backed source retrieval
Can AI engines cite your site, and do they? Free 0–100 readiness score on an open GEO rubric, plus ask and weekly citation tracking via OpenAI, Perplexity, Gemini, Anthropic and OpenRouter with your own keys. Zero dependencies; CLI, GitHub Action and MCP server.
🔍 A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing unified access to multiple search engines (Tavily, Brave, Kagi, Exa), AI tools (Kagi FastGPT, Exa, Linkup), and content extraction services (Firecrawl, Tavily, Kagi). Includes GitHub search. All through a single interface.
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Based on GitHub stars and recent activity, exa-mcp-server by exa-labs (★ 5.1k, updated 6 days ago) is the most popular actively maintained option on HookMCP, followed by tavily-mcp and duckduckgo-mcp-server. The right choice depends on whether you need write access, a hosted (remote) endpoint, or a server that runs locally without an API key.
Yes — exa-mcp-server by exa-labs, tavily-mcp by tavily-ai, brave-search-mcp-server by brave are published by the vendor or the MCP project. Official servers are usually the safest first install.
Open the server's page on HookMCP, choose your client tab (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Code) and copy the config — 12 of the 24 servers here have one-click install links for Cursor and VS Code. Restart your AI app and the new tools appear automatically.
21 of 24 servers here mention API keys or tokens in their README; 3 don't mention any. Check each listing's Details panel, and pass keys as environment variables rather than pasting them into chat.
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