Tinysearch MCP server

by TinySuiteHQ·io.github.TinySuiteHQ/tinysearch·v0.6.4

Fast discovery search and self-hosted web research for MCP agents.

B82/100grade B

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scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-20 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan34 source files scanned25/25
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
Maintenancelast push 0 days ago15/15
Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner7/10

Overall 82/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

claude mcp add tinysearch -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/marcellm01/tinysearch:v0.6.4

Is Tinysearch MCP server safe?: Mostly: it is graded B (82/100). Read the Tinysearch safety report
How do I install Tinysearch?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
Does Tinysearch need an API key?: Yes. The registry entry asks for OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS.
Is Tinysearch maintained?: The last commit was in the last day (2026-09-20). The latest release is v0.6.4.
What can I use instead of Tinysearch?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: DocsMint MCP server, Zotero MCP server and SearXNG Search MCP server. Compare all Tinysearch alternatives.

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SearXNG Search
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Local package. It runs on your machine, not through the gateway.

MCP_TRANSPORTMCP transport to serve: stdio (default), sse, or streamable-http.
TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATHPath to a tinysearch_config.json inside the container, for overriding search/embedding defaults.
SEARXNG_URLSearXNG search endpoint URL. Only needed if not using the bundled Compose SearXNG service.
TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKENDEmbedding implementation: onnx (default) or openai_compatible.
TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODELLocal ONNX preset (fast, balanced, quality) or a Hugging Face ONNX repository id.
OTEL_SERVICE_NAMEOpenTelemetry service.name resource attribute; defaults to tinysearch.
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINTCommon OTLP endpoint for optional TinySearch traces and metrics.
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOLOTLP transport: http/protobuf (default) or grpc.
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERSsecretOptional authentication or routing headers for the OTLP exporter.
OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTESAdditional standard OpenTelemetry resource attributes.
OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTERSet to otlp to enable traces explicitly or none to disable them.
OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTERSet to otlp to enable metrics explicitly or none to disable them.
OTEL_SDK_DISABLEDSet true to disable all OpenTelemetry signals.

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