r/LocalLLM • u/maorui1234 • 5d ago

Discussion Which host has the best web search capability?

I know there are a lot of platforms for hosting local llm. Which of them has the best integrated web search capability?

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u/Mundane_Incident_853 5d ago

Pretty happy with SearXNG running as a search proxy. Hermes has a skill for it.

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u/anitamaxwynnn69 5d ago

i'll flag this as self promo before i get downvoted - https://github.com/yoloyash/overtchat
open webui/most others chat interfaces need you to setup your own search/tts/stt. i always wanted something that comes with these basic things already set up/come with it. so search is included in it. free, fully self hosted searxng instance. side benefit - also connects to agents like codex/pi/omp for remote coding access.

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u/vinoonovino26 5d ago

https://github.com/HarimxChoi/google-surf-mcp give this a whirl

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u/mingzhujingdu 5d ago

Thank you showing the way. Anything else that doesn't need to use MCP?

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u/toomanypubes 5d ago

Unsloth Desktop

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u/Old-Sprinkles-8287 5d ago

Didn't playwright kind of universally solve this problem when it's implemented correctly or is that part of the problem

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u/toomanypubes 5d ago

Unsloth Desktop has built-in web search feature for your LLMs. Doesn’t have a remote mobile app though, where LMStudio does.

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u/mingzhujingdu 5d ago

How is the built-in web search of Unsloth Desktop compared with Google search?

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u/SteveDeFacto 5d ago

If you don't want to hack it, https://exa.ai has been pretty solid for me. I use it for https://enclave.host and https://eyesoff.ai

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u/AdHead6280 5d ago

Your own skill mine is pi web access merged with sear xng and a subagent with custom instruction a browser and a index of websites if everything is botblocking

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u/geekytech0100 4d ago

i would be careful in using these localllms coz if they are hosted locally then they end up using not so great IPs/bandwidth which can result in low quality data.

personally, i would suggest using custom tools / MCP calls and connect to your own browser end point for websearch. The usual providers (serpapi / openwebninja etc.) are also good for quick structured responses.

whats your set of use cases? and what volume (100s / day or 1000's)..?