mcp server
brave-search-mcp-server
Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
Description as published by the maintainer. Source
- version 2.1.0
- active
- retrieval
active — Most recent push to the repository was 2026-08-05. Dashed tags are derived by ZBS Index from the published description, not stated by the maintainer.
What this server can do
We installed this package in an isolated container and tried to ask it what functions it offers. The server refuses to start without a credential of yours: Error: A Brave API key is required via --brave-api-key, BRAVE_API_KEY, --brave-api-key-file, or BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE.
Endpoint status observed on
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Source: pkg:npm/@brave/brave-search-mcp-server.
Signals
These are separate measurements of different things. They are deliberately not combined into one score, because a popularity number that mixes website traffic with saves and stars cannot be checked or acted on.
| Signal | Value | What it measures | Window | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 1,354 | Number of GitHub accounts that bookmarked this repository since it was created. It is a bookmark count, not installs, not active users and not quality. | cumulative, all time | GitHub | |
| Last commit | 2026-08-05 | Date of the most recent push to any branch. This is the strongest cheap indicator of whether the project is still maintained. | point in time | GitHub | |
| Open issues | 34 | Open issues plus open pull requests, as GitHub counts them together. A high number can mean an active project or an abandoned one. | as of fetch | GitHub | |
| Latest published version | 2.1.0 | Latest version string the maintainer published to the registry. | as of fetch | Model Context Protocol | |
| Registry record last updated | 2026-07-18 | When the registry record was last updated by its maintainer. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| License | MIT | Licence GitHub detected in the repository. Detection can be wrong; the LICENSE file is authoritative. | as of fetch | GitHub | |
| First listed in the MCP Registry | 2026-07-18 | Date this server was first published to the official MCP Registry. Not a usage or quality measure. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| repository status | active | The repository exists on GitHub and is not archived. This says nothing about how recently it was worked on. | as of fetch | GitHub | |
| mcp endpoint status | needs_credentials | We installed this package in an isolated container and tried to ask it what functions it offers. The server refuses to start without a credential of yours: Error: A Brave API key is required via --brave-api-key, BRAVE_API_KEY, --brave-api-key-file, or BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE. | as of probe | npm |
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| package install scripts | prepare | This package runs its own code during installation (prepare), before you ever start it. That is normal for many packages and is also where npm supply-chain attacks operate. We installed it with those scripts disabled. | as of probe | npm |
Where to get it
Also from brave
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ai.smithery/brave
— last commit 2026-08-05
Visit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,…
This record as data
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