SourceWeave Web Search vs Searchpin — Free Web Search for AI Agents
SourceWeave Web Search is an MCP server published by MRNAQA. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). Searchpin — Free Web Search for AI Agents is an MCP server published by telly6. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  SourceWeave Web Search |  Searchpin — Free Web Search for AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.5.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 196 Downloads/week (PyPI): 27 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.0.9 Downloads/month (PyPI): 156 Downloads/week (PyPI): 40 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 27 Not marked · First seen |
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
| Fact | SourceWeave Web Search | Searchpin — Free Web Search for AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 (worse) | 27 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-23 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (sourceweave-web-search) | On your machine (searchpin) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 3, secrets among them: 0 | Not published |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mrnaqa/sourceweave-web-search | github.com/telly6/searchpin |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
SourceWeave Web Search
Fully local MCP server and CLI for web research
Searchpin — Free Web Search for AI Agents
Free web search for AI agents — multi-engine parallel search, smart ranking, no sign-up, no limits
How to run each
SourceWeave Web Search As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio sourceweave-web-search -- uvx sourceweave-web-searchSearchpin — Free Web Search for AI Agents As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio searchpin -- uvx searchpinCommands 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
The marketplaces of Searchpin — Free Web Search for AI Agents publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: SourceWeave Web Search · What it can do: Searchpin — Free Web Search for AI Agents · Compare two other plugins
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