Qwksearch MCP Server

by opensourceagi

MCP server exposing web search and content extraction tools via stdio transport

77Node.jsstdio

context tax

pending

security

95/100

cold start

pending

freshness

Activetoday

Our reading of Qwksearch, from the data

Qwksearch is a web search MCP server from opensourceagi.

We haven't measured its tool list yet, so its token cost is unknown.

Maintenance is active: the last public signal was in the last day (2026-10-19). For comparison, 70% of web search servers are active or maintained.

With 77 GitHub stars it ranks #77 of 738 web search servers we index.

It runs locally on your machine over stdio.

Install Qwksearch MCP server

claude mcp add qwksearch -- npx -y qwksearch-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qwksearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "qwksearch-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qwksearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "qwksearch-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.

{
  "servers": {
    "qwksearch": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "qwksearch-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qwksearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "qwksearch-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Security signals

95/100 — no known issues found as of 2026-10-19, from the checks below. This is not a guarantee of safety; review what a server can do before connecting it.

Deductions

No license detected-5

Checks

✓Repository hygiene (archived, activity, license, security policy)
○Package metadata (install scripts, provenance) — pending
○Tool descriptions (prompt-injection and hidden-text heuristics) — pending
○Source scan (secrets, CVEs, risky code) by vectra-guard — pending

Scan it yourself before installing with vectra-guard, the open-source agent security CLI. Scoring rules

Freshness

Active — last maintenance signal today. The newest of the signals below sets the band.

Last commit (default branch)
2026-10-19 · today · GitHub
Latest release
no data · GitHub
Package published
no data · npm/PyPI
Registry entry updated
no data · official registry

How it compares in Web Search

Against the most-starred web search servers we index. Token cost is per model turn, measured from each server's live tool list.

Server	Stars	Tools	Tokens / turn	Freshness	Runs
Qwksearch (this)	77	—	not measured	Active	local
Fetch	91,356	—	not measured	Active	local
Wigolo	5,486	—	not measured	Active	local
Exa	5,138	2	564	Active	local + hosted
Arxiv	3,224	—	not measured	Active	local
Devflowinc	2,720	—	not measured	Stale	—

All web search MCP servers

FAQ

›How do I install the Qwksearch MCP server in Claude Code?

Run: claude mcp add qwksearch -- npx -y qwksearch-mcp-server. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.

›Does Qwksearch require an API key?

No required environment variables are declared in its published metadata.

›Can I use Qwksearch as a remote (hosted) MCP server?

No hosted endpoint is published; it runs locally over stdio.

›Is Qwksearch in the official MCP registry?

No. It was indexed from npm.

Sources and method

GitHub repository: fetched 2026-10-19
Package registry (npm / PyPI): listed
Security signals, computed by us: 2026-10-19
Last checked against all sources: 2026-10-19

The description, packages and links come from the maintainer's own published metadata. Token cost, security signals, freshness and the reading above are MCPSkillHub's own measurements; see the methodology. Spot an error? Request a correction or claim the listing.