dowse MCP server
io.github.ltspace/dowse·v0.10.0·19 starsFast local full-text search for Windows files (tantivy + jieba), exposed to AI agents over MCP.
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dowse tools
No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-25 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- –Code scanpackage could not be scannedn/a
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
- Maintenancelast push 1 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
How dowse compares
Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 88/100
- higher than 80% of 3,470 Web search servers
- GitHub stars
- 19
- more than 89% of 1,786 Web search servers
Install dowse in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
The registry entry has no remote endpoint or installable package.
What the publisher says
From the dowse repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
English | 简体中文 | 日本語 | 한국어 | Español | Italiano
dowse
Open-source local file content search for Windows. Find file names, PDF and Office contents, source code, and text inside screenshots — one hotkey away.
Website · English product page · Windows file-content search guide（中文）
The name comes from a dowsing rod.
Motivation
No Windows tool satisfies all three of the following at once:
- Keep a persistent index of file contents, not just file names (Everything can scan contents on demand, but its instant index is centered on names and paths)
- Recognize and index text inside images on ordinary Windows PCs without requiring a Copilot+ device
- One hotkey to summon, full keyboard operation, no perceptible latency
The closest open-source implementation is sist2, but it targets Linux (on Windows it only runs via Docker), treats Chinese text as trigrams, and the project is no longer maintained. dowse is a Windows-native implementation built around these three points.
Features
dowse vs. the alternatives
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
dowse: common questions
- Is dowse MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (88/100). Read the dowse safety report
- Does dowse need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is dowse maintained?
- The last commit was 41 days ago (2026-09-24). The latest release is v0.10.0.
- What can I use instead of dowse?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Everything Search MCP server, Silica Core MCP server and Repomix MCP server.
- How does dowse compare with other Web search MCP servers?
- safety score 88/100 (higher than 80% of 3,470 Web search servers); github stars 19 (more than 89% of 1,786 Web search servers). Full comparison.
Alternatives to dowse
Same job from other publishers: the closest match first, then the best rated.
- Everything SearchFast file search: Everything SDK on Windows, Spotlight (mdfind) on macOS, locate/plocate on Linux.not reviewedEstablishedA
- Silica CoreRetrieval over the folder the session opened: files, search, read, code_pack, write_note.not reviewedGrowingA
RepomixPack local or remote codebases into AI-friendly files that LLMs and coding agents can read or searchnot reviewedWidely usedA- ArxivSearch arXiv papers, download full text, semantic search, citation graphs, and alerts via MCP.not reviewedWidely usedA
- PubmedSearch PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.not reviewedEstablishedA
