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ai.smithery/brave

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74
TrustScore
✅ Actively maintained, production-ready

Before you connect

🔑 Needs an API key / tokenNode.jsDocker

Config example (to connect)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "BRAVE_API_KEY", "docker.io/mcp/brave-search"],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Install / Connect

# No npm package — install from source.
# See the repo's README for the exact command:
# https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server

Follow the official README; env and args vary per server.

🛠️ Maintenance weight 30% · 76 pts

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Last commit4 days ago
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Commits in 90 days35
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Median issue response9 days
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Repo statusNormal

📊 Adoption weight 25% · 56 pts

GitHub stars1.3k (90d +0%)
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npm weekly downloadsNot npm-distributed
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Releases per month

✅ Usability weight 20% · 100 pts

📋
Official registryListed
▶️
Runnable entryResolvable (npx/remote)
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AuditabilityOpen-source repo, auditable

❤️ Health & community weight 25% · 67 pts

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open issues28
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open PRs
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LicenseMIT
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Contributors / forks17 / 185

Sources: GitHub API · npm registry · Official registry · updated 2026-07-23

90-day trend

⭐ stars +0%

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How to choose among these

Search servers all give web access; they differ between semantic retrieval and cited Q&A.

  • Semantic web search + content (research / competitors)Pick Exa — semantic search plus retrieval
  • Distilled Q&A-style answers, fact-checkingPick Tavily / Perplexity — AI-optimized answers
  • Privacy-focused, general web/news searchPick Brave Search

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