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DuckDuckGo MCP Server

Enables AI assistants to perform real-time web searches, fetch webpage content, and get search suggestions using DuckDuckGo's privacy-focused search engine.

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DuckDuckGo MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to perform real-time web searches using DuckDuckGo.

Features

Web Search: Search the web with DuckDuckGo
Content Fetching: Extract clean content from web pages
Search Suggestions: Get related search suggestions
Dual Mode: stdio (local) and HTTP (remote) support
Rate Limiting: Built-in protection against abuse

Quick Start

Local Setup (Claude Desktop)

Install dependencies:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configure Claude Desktop (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "duckduckgo-search": {
      "command": "/path/to/venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/path/to/run_mcp_server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration

Option	Default	Description
`mode`	"http"	"stdio" for local, "http" for remote
`port`	3000	HTTP port (http mode only)
`searchRateLimit`	30	Max searches per minute
`maxResultsDefault`	10	Default number of results

⚠️ Legal Notice

This software uses an DuckDuckGo scraping library.

For Educational Use Only:

✅ Personal learning and research
✅ Local development and testing
❌ Commercial use or production deployments
❌ High-volume automated searches

No Warranty: Use at your own risk. The author assumes no liability.

Commercial Alternatives:

Bing Search API - 1,000 free queries/month
Google Custom Search API - 100 free queries/day
Brave Search API

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