Show HN: Surf – open-source Web Access for LLMs

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a year ago

SURF (Search Utility & Reading Framework) is an open-source API that bridges LLMs with the web. It provides a standardized interface for web search and content processing that preserves formatting of tables, code, and complex layouts.

Key features: - Multiple search providers (SearXNG, DuckDuckGo, Brave) - HTML cleaning and smart content extraction - Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration for Claude and other AI assistants - Self-deployable with minimal setup (Docker, bare metal, cloud) - API key authentication

I built this to make it easier to add web capabilities to LLM applications without complex web scraping code, with emphasis on proper content formatting and attribution.

Repository: https://github.com/44za12/surf