What is TinySearch?
TinySearch is a MCP server by MarcellM01 that self-hosted web research: SearXNG search with DuckDuckGo fallback, crawling, dense and BM25 reranking and deduplication into a cited, source-grounded prompt. It is listed under Browser & web and has 234 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | MarcellM01 |
| Repository | MarcellM01/TinySearch |
| Popularity | 234 GitHub stars |
| Category | Browser & web |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #373 of 4,418 MCP servers; #32 in Browser & web |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-08 |
| Stars this week | +2 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Python |
Is TinySearch safe to install?
TinySearch scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 5 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install TinySearch?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/MarcellM01/TinySearch
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add tinysearch -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http tinysearch <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs TinySearch for you:
Add the "TinySearch" MCP server from https://github.com/MarcellM01/TinySearch to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.