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  "channel_slug": "LocalLLaMA",
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  "title": "Best Harness for Web Searching",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1ua2w5t/best_harness_for_web_searching/",
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  "published_at": "2026-06-19T14:03:51+00:00",
  "transcript": "Looking for opinions on the best software to do web searching resources. \n\nWhat I've tried:\n\nLM Studio + plugins  \nOdysseus\n\nI think the problem they're both running into is the search engines they're using max out at like, 10 requests per day/hour or something without an api. \n\nI don't mind creating like, a duckduckgo account just to generate an api for better search access. But if the frontend doesn't even bother to provide a prompt asking for such, then it's a half-baked solution.\n\nDoes Hermes or Pi (2 programs I've heard a lot about lately) offer anything better that you've used? \n\nThanks in advance!\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[27 upvotes] Self hosted Firecrawl + SearxNG does great.  \n\n[17 upvotes] SearXNG for searching then pair it with a crawler/scrappler/fetcher/grabber/yoinker/whatever. I use Firecrawl. Throw both into docker and you're pretty much set. \n\nIf you want lower granularity than simple full page fetch (like you need your agent to click stuff and shit on the page), toss a browser emulator like camofox https://github.com/jo-inc/camofox-browser in. \n\nLocal browser with remote debugging enabled then paired with something like https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp is another alternative for interacting with webpages. \n\nHermes Agent has a nice write up. Granted it's Hermes specific but it should give you an idea what solutions are out there \n\n- https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/web-search \n\n- https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/browser\n\n[9 upvotes] I'd prioritize anything that lets you bring your own API key (Brave, Tavily, SerpAPI, etc.). A good search backend matters way more than the frontend.\n\n[5 upvotes] Others mentioned SearXNG, it's a great optional, typical for self-hosted scenario I dare to say.\n\nI maintain a project called Harbor that allows you to achieve exactly this (searxng + your harness):\n\n```\nharbor launch --web opencode\n```\n\nYou can find some details [here](https://github.com/av/harbor/wiki/3.-Harbor-CLI-Reference#harbor-launch-launch-options---service-servicetool-args)",
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