Groundhog alternatives
24 web search MCP servers from other publishers do the same job as Groundhog. The closest match comes first, then the best rated, with at most two per publisher.
Search, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi5.4k6.5k/wkFreeReal-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
No reviews yetlocal · npm2.5k34k/wkFreeReal-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
No reviews yetlocal · npm2.6k23k/wkFreeWeb scraping, search, crawling, structured extraction and research for AI agents.
No reviews yetgateway-ready2.4k137/wkFreeConnect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.
No reviews yetgateway-ready5.2kFreeFast discovery search and self-hosted web research for MCP agents.
No reviews yetlocal · mixed23384/wkFreeSearch arXiv papers, download full text, semantic search, citation graphs, and alerts via MCP.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi3.2k21k/wkFreeMCP server for advanced web search using Tavily
No reviews yetlocal · npm2.4k26k/wkFreeMCP server for web search operations
No reviews yetlocal · npm39k118/wkFreeBrave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
No reviews yetlocal · npm1.6k35k/wkFreeMCP server for SearXNG — privacy-respecting web search with pagination, URL reading
No reviews yetlocal · npm1.3k13k/wkFreeSearch PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.
No reviews yetgateway-ready1538.3k/wkFreeSearch the live web and fetch clean content from source pages.
No reviews yetgateway-ready5.2kFreeSelf-hosted customer feedback with PII stripped at ingest: search, stats and themes with citations.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi1.4k133/wkFreeWeb search, agentic search, news, page retrieval, sitemaps, and trending topics through Search1API.
No reviews yetgateway-ready173812/wkFreeNo-API-key web search, page fetching and document reading across many engines. Local-first.
No reviews yetlocal · mixed1692.1k/wkFreeFailure-memory layer for coding agents: search evidence-rated failure lessons by error text.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi520762/wkFreeRead any web page and search the web: 28 tools, cheapest first, every page checked.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi462.3k/wkFreeWeb search via SearXNG and/or You.com, plus clean Markdown crawling via Crawl4AI. Self-hosted.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi167213/wkFreeProfessional AI research tool for Zotero: chat with PDFs, whole-library search, Literature Radar, AutoPilot. 30+ LLMs or local models; built-in MCP server.
No reviews yetlocal · unknown2.7kFreeVisit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,…
No reviews yetgateway-ready1.5kFreeProvider-fixed web search plus transparent URL, DOI, and document fetching
No reviews yetlocal · pypi308.9k/wkFreeSearch your Zotero library, retrieve item metadata, and read full text from AI assistants.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi1621.1k/wkFreeMulti-source biomedical literature search: PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, full text, citations
No reviews yetlocal · pypi28454/wkFree
Groundhog alternatives by what you need
Open source Groundhog alternatives (22)
Published under an open licence such as MIT or Apache-2.0.
Zotero MCP, Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Perplexity API Platform, webclaw, Exa, Tinysearch, Arxiv, Tavily and 14 more below.
Hosted Groundhog alternatives (6)
Nothing to install: a remote endpoint you add by URL. Also callable through the mcp.market gateway.
webclaw, Exa, Pubmed, Exa Search, Search1API, Brave.
Local Groundhog alternatives (18)
A package you install and run on your own machine, so your data stays on your computer.
Zotero MCP, Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Perplexity API Platform, Tinysearch, Arxiv, Tavily, Search, Brave Search and 10 more below.
Safest Groundhog alternatives (17)
Graded A: passed every check the scanner runs on the latest release.
Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Perplexity API Platform, webclaw, Exa, Arxiv, Tavily, Search, Brave Search and 9 more below.
Groundhog and its alternatives compared
| Server | Grade | Rating | Licence | Runs | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groundhog(this one) | A92 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 0 |
| Zotero MCP | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 5.4k |
| Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) | A94 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 2.5k |
| Perplexity API Platform | A89 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 2.6k |
| webclaw | A92 | No reviews yet | AGPL-3.0 | Hosted | 2.4k |
| Exa | A91 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 5.2k |
| Tinysearch | B82 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 233 |
| Arxiv | A92 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 3.2k |
| Tavily | A85 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 2.4k |
| Search | A94 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 39k |
| Brave Search | A85 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 1.6k |
| SearXNG Search | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 1.3k |
| Pubmed | A93 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Hosted | 153 |
| Exa Search | A88 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 5.2k |
| obsei | A85 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 1.4k |
| Search1API | A96 | No reviews yet | NOASSERTION | Hosted | 173 |
| Free Search | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 169 |
| Misakanet | A92 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 520 |
| FrankenSurf | A92 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 46 |
| searxNcrawl | A85 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 167 |
| Papersgpt For Zotero | B70 | No reviews yet | AGPL-3.0 | Local | 2.7k |
| Brave | A97 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 1.5k |
| CLIO Web | A94 | No reviews yet | BSD-3-Clause | Local | 30 |
| Zotero MCP | B78 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 162 |
| PubMed Search | B75 | No reviews yet | NOASSERTION | Local | 28 |