mcpsurfr alternatives
23 web search MCP servers from other publishers do the same job as mcpsurfr. The closest match comes first, then the best rated, with at most two per publisher.
Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.
No reviews yetgateway-ready5.2kFreeSearch, 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/wkFreeNo-API-key web search, page fetching and document reading across many engines. Local-first.
No reviews yetlocal · mixed1692.1k/wkFreeFast discovery search and self-hosted web research for MCP agents.
No reviews yetlocal · mixed23384/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 the live web and fetch clean content from source pages.
No reviews yetgateway-ready5.2kFreeYour app's translations in Tolgee: search keys, create translations, trigger machine translation
No reviews yetgateway-ready4.1kFreeWeb search, agentic search, news, page retrieval, sitemaps, and trending topics through Search1API.
No reviews yetgateway-ready173812/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/wkFreeMCP server for Shodan API — device search, IP and domain recon, DNS, and CVE/CPE queries.
No reviews yetlocal · npm178731/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-ready1.5kFreeA semantic search engine for files and code.
No reviews yetlocal · pypi247212/wkFreeProvider-fixed web search plus transparent URL, DOI, and document fetching
No reviews yetlocal · pypi308.9k/wkFreeOfficial SerpApi MCP server for Google, Bing, and other search engines.
No reviews yetgateway-ready180FreeMulti-source biomedical literature search: PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, full text, citations
No reviews yetlocal · pypi28454/wkFree
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Open source mcpsurfr alternatives (20)
Published under an open licence such as MIT or Apache-2.0.
Exa, Zotero MCP, Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Perplexity API Platform, webclaw, Free Search, Tinysearch, Tavily and 12 more below.
Hosted mcpsurfr alternatives (7)
Nothing to install: a remote endpoint you add by URL. Also callable through the mcp.market gateway.
Exa, webclaw, Exa Search, Tolgee, Search1API, Brave, SerpApi.
Local mcpsurfr alternatives (16)
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, Free Search, Tinysearch, Tavily, Search, Brave Search and 8 more below.
Safest mcpsurfr alternatives (15)
Graded A: passed every check the scanner runs on the latest release.
Exa, Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Perplexity API Platform, webclaw, Tavily, Search, Brave Search, Exa Search and 7 more below.
mcpsurfr and its alternatives compared
| Server | Grade | Rating | Licence | Runs | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mcpsurfr(this one) | A88 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 135 |
| Exa | A91 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 5.2k |
| 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 |
| Free Search | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 169 |
| Tinysearch | B82 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 233 |
| 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 |
| Exa Search | A88 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 5.2k |
| Tolgee | A89 | No reviews yet | NOASSERTION | Hosted | 4.1k |
| Search1API | A96 | No reviews yet | NOASSERTION | Hosted | 173 |
| FrankenSurf | A92 | No reviews yet | Apache-2.0 | Local | 46 |
| searxNcrawl | A85 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 167 |
| Shodan | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 178 |
| Papersgpt For Zotero | B70 | No reviews yet | AGPL-3.0 | Local | 2.7k |
| Brave | A97 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 1.5k |
| Vexor | B83 | No reviews yet | MIT | Local | 247 |
| CLIO Web | A94 | No reviews yet | BSD-3-Clause | Local | 30 |
| SerpApi | A87 | No reviews yet | MIT | Hosted | 180 |
| PubMed Search | B75 | No reviews yet | NOASSERTION | Local | 28 |