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SearXNG Search vs Zoteus
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MCP server for SearXNG — privacy-respecting web search with pagination, URL reading
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Zotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (83 and 78 out of 100). Zoteus is hosted and callable through the gateway; SearXNG Search runs on your own machine. SearXNG Search has noticeably more public adoption.
| SearXNG Search | Zoteus | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | B83/100 | B78/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 1.2k | 41 |
| Downloads / week | 13k | – |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-17 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |