DuckDuckGo MCP (DEPRECATED - renamed to web-forager)

3.0.0 verified Sat May 09 auth: no python deprecated

A search-and-fetch MCP toolkit for AI agents, now renamed to web-forager. This package (duckduckgo-mcp v3.0.0) is deprecated; install web-forager instead. Current web-forager version: 3.0.1. Release cadence: irregular.

pip install web-forager

Common errors

error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'duckduckgo_mcp' ↓

cause The module has been renamed to web_forager after v3.0.0.

fix

Replace 'from duckduckgo_mcp import ...' with 'from web_forager import ...'.

error Error: No such command 'duckduckgo-mcp' ↓

cause CLI command renamed from duckduckgo-mcp to web-forager.

fix

Use 'web-forager' instead of 'duckduckgo-mcp' in terminal.

Warnings

breaking The package duckduckgo-mcp has been renamed to web-forager. All imports, CLI commands, and PyPI package name have changed. ↓

fix Run: pip uninstall duckduckgo-mcp && pip install web-forager. Update all imports from duckduckgo_mcp to web_forager.

deprecated This package is deprecated in favor of web-forager. No further updates will be published under duckduckgo-mcp. ↓

fix Migrate to web-forager.

Imports

DuckDuckGoMCPServer

wrong

from duckduckgo_mcp import DuckDuckGoMCPServer

correct

from web_forager import DuckDuckGoMCPServer

Module renamed to web_forager in v3.0.0

Quickstart

Basic usage of the renamed package web-forager for DuckDuckGo search via MCP.

from web_forager import DuckDuckGoMCPServer

async def main():
    server = DuckDuckGoMCPServer()
    result = await server.search('Python MCP tools')
    print(result)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import asyncio
    asyncio.run(main())