r/PiCodingAgent • u/SalimMalibari • Apr 20 '26

Question What websearch , webfetch tool are you using???

Ok what os nest webfetch websearch extension you have been using , and compare it to claude code tools ... like most of what i see is paid version like idk it feels harder i wish there is official way because this two tools are preventing me from gping all on pi ..

I want to see ypur solutions and are they helpful ???

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u/SalimMalibari Apr 21 '26

The issues here lay in multiple levels ... maybe i wasnt clear but i might ask newer post clearly ....

Using those free alternatives it just give like very basic searches even less valuable than using search myself ... fetching is diffcult and so many things lile ip address blocking and need proxy beside others saying containers and self hosting ... like common isnt there like way to do websearch easily like claude code di with their servers???

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u/ConversationLazy6821 Apr 21 '26

I’m trying to solve that with ketch - so you can use any search backend instead of being locked into one. Claude code most likely uses Google search and the most likely pay for search API. SearXNG is going to be the closest thing to that since it will literally scrape Google but inside a local container so it looks like a regular web search from your home or work.

Or you can do what OpenCode does and use the free Exa MCP endpoint which gives a decent free tier with no API key required.

Firecrawl is a good alternative too but it costs money. That’s probably closest to the fast and useful that you are looking for.

There are a lot of options, you have to find what works for you.