Web search without API keys across DuckDuckGo, Bing, Brave, Wikipedia, arXiv and others, with page browsing and evidence checking.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add free-web-search -- uvx free-web-search-ultimate~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.free-web-search]
command = "uvx"
args = ["free-web-search-ultimate"]
# codex mcp add free-web-search -- uvx free-web-search-ultimate~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"free-web-search": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"free-web-search-ultimate"
]
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"free-web-search": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"free-web-search-ultimate"
]
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"free-web-search": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"free-web-search-ultimate"
]
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"free-web-search": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"free-web-search-ultimate"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"free-web-search": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"free-web-search-ultimate"
]
}
}
}