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Ddgs is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. A metasearch library that aggregates results from diverse web search services. It has 3,003 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx ddgs.

github.com/deedy5/ddgs (opens in a new tab)

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Install Ddgs

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ddgs": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ddgs"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio ddgs -- uvx ddgs

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ddgs": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ddgs"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ddgs": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ddgs"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Tools (6)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • search_text

    Web text search

  • search_images

    Image search

  • search_news

    News search

  • search_videos

    Video search

  • search_books

    Book search

  • extract_content

    Extract content from a URL

About Ddgs

A metasearch library that aggregates results from diverse web search services. For MCP clients like Cursor or Claude Desktop:

  • python
  • search
  • metasearch
  • ddgs
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • websearch
  • api
  • dht
  • p2p

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What is Ddgs?

Ddgs is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. A metasearch library that aggregates results from diverse web search services. It has 3,003 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx ddgs. The source code is at github.com/deedy5/ddgs.

How do I install the Ddgs MCP server?

Add the command uvx ddgs to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Ddgs free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Ddgs actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Aug 26, 2026. The latest release is v9.16.0, published Aug 26, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.