TinySearch v0.2.0 adds SearXNG backend for local LLM web search
TinySearch v0.2.0 replaces DuckDuckGo with SearXNG as its default search backend, making this lightweight MCP/FastAPI web-search tool more resilient for local LLM agents that need compact, source-grounded web context.
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The switch to SearXNG removes TinySearch's dependency on a single third-party search provider, addressing the fragility that made DuckDuckGo rate-limiting a blocking issue for agent workflows that rely on consistent web-search access.
- 01TinySearch v0.2.0 is the first stable beta, released by u/Scared-Tip7914.
- 02SearXNG replaces DuckDuckGo as the default search backend after DDG began imposing rate limits and CAPTCHAs.
- 03Users can point TinySearch at their own self-hosted SearXNG instance.
u/Scared-Tip7914 announced TinySearch v0.2.0, described as the first stable beta of a small open-source MCP/FastAPI web-search tool built for smaller local LLMs. The original version queried DuckDuckGo directly, which was sufficient to validate the concept, but DDG began imposing rate limits and CAPTCHAs more frequently in the two weeks prior to the release — a reliability problem for MCP tools that agents depend on continuously.
Each call takes approximately 10–15 seconds, with SearXNG adding some overhead compared to the previous version.
The v0.2.0 release replaces DuckDuckGo with SearXNG as the default search backend, and users can point TinySearch at their own self-hosted SearXNG instance. The core workflow remains unchanged: the tool searches the web, crawls a handful of pages, chunks and reranks the useful content, and returns a compact, source-grounded context blob capped at 8k tokens — avoiding the large volumes of raw scraped text that can overwhelm smaller models. Each call takes approximately 10–15 seconds, with SearXNG adding some overhead compared to the previous version. The author notes they use it daily with `qwen3.5-9B` for queries about library versions, function calls, and Azure/GCP API documentation. The tool is described as targeting setups using Cline, Roo, OpenCode, or other MCP agent configurations where token efficiency matters.
Key facts
- 01TinySearch v0.2.0 is the first stable beta, released by u/Scared-Tip7914.
- 02SearXNG replaces DuckDuckGo as the default search backend after DDG began imposing rate limits and CAPTCHAs.
- 03Users can point TinySearch at their own self-hosted SearXNG instance.
- 04The tool crawls pages, chunks/reranks content, and caps output at 8k tokens for LLM agents.
- 05Each search call takes approximately 10–15 seconds; SearXNG added some overhead.
- 06The author uses it daily with qwen3.5-9B for library, function, and cloud API queries.
- 07The tool is built as an MCP/FastAPI service aimed at setups using Cline, Roo, OpenCode, or similar MCP agents.
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