Comparison

SearXNG vs Olostep MCP Server

SearXNG is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.

SearXNG is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by 88plug. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Olostep MCP Server is an MCP server published by olostep. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	SearXNG	Olostep MCP Server
Community marketplace 88plug/claude-code-plugins	Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 2026.9.62 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-15	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.0.17 Downloads/month (npm): 763 Downloads/week (npm): 220 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community	Not listed	Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

SearXNG vs Olostep MCP Server
Fact	SearXNGno longer listed · 2026-10-16	Olostep MCP Server
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	4	1
Forks (GitHub)	0	0
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (olostep-mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	1, secrets among them: 0	1, secrets among them: 1
Parts of the bundle (differs)	1	14
Licence (differs)	FSL-1.1-ALv2	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/88plug/searxng-mcp	github.com/olostep/olostep-claude-code-plugin
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-15	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of SearXNG

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

SearXNG HTTP MCP

Self-contained SearXNG metasearch MCP server. One Docker image, 200+ engines, privacy-first.

by whw23 · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
searxng-http-mcp-standalone

SearXNG MCP server (uvx standalone) — no Docker, connect to your own SearXNG

by whw23 · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
searxng-http-mcp-remote

SearXNG MCP server (remote HTTP) — connect to a deployed instance

by whw23 · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
SearXNG MCP Server

Self-hosted SearXNG metasearch for MCP clients: 13 tools, citation refs, deep search and crawling.

by bumbaRasch · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers) · Describes nearly the same job
my-websearch io.github.wtznicy/my-websearch

MyWebSearch - multi-engine web search MCP server, CLI and local daemon. No API keys required.

by wtznicy · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers) · Describes nearly the same job
searxng-mcp io.github.aicrafted/searxng-mcp

MCP server for SearXNG aggregator — web search across multiple engines via Model Context Protocol

by aicrafted · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

SearXNG

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Fast, token-efficient MCP for SearXNG metasearch. Privacy-respecting search across 70+ engines with stdio + streamable-http transports, Docker, and optional rendered (Playwright) fetch for JS-heavy pages. Self-hostable. The underlying server is also usable independently of Claude Code via `uvx --from git+https://github.com/88plug/searxng-mcp searxng-mcp`.

Olostep MCP Server

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Search, scrape, and crawl the web for AI agents. Batch scraping and answers with citations.

How to run each

SearXNG

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

Olostep MCP Server As a local MCP server: npm package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio olostep-mcp-server -- npx -y olostep-mcp

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.

Settings each asks for

Only SearXNG asks for

SEARXNG_MCP_BASE_URL

Only Olostep MCP Server asks for

OLOSTEP_API_KEY (secret)

Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.

What it can do: SearXNG · What it can do: Olostep MCP Server · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-23. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.