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Best Search and retrieval (RAG) MCP servers (November 2026)

The 10 top ranked of 1793 servers in Search and retrieval (RAG), ranked by what is known about each one today (2026-11-03). 115 of the 1,793 started in our own check.

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  1. Serena MCP: the IDE for your agent io.github.oraios/serena

    A powerful toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities.

    Install Compare with #2

  2. @tobilu/qmd io.github.tobi/qmd-rv8dss

    Query Markup Documents - On-device hybrid search for markdown files with BM25, vector search, and LLM reranking

    Install Compare with #1

  3. PageIndex MCP io.github.VectifyAI/pageindex-mcp

    Reasoning-based RAG system for chatting with long PDFs. Supports local and online files.

    Install Compare with #1

  4. Local Rag io.github.shinpr/mcp-local-rag

    Easy-to-setup local RAG server with minimal configuration

    Install Compare with #1

  5. Engrava ai.sovantica/engrava

    MindQL queries, hybrid search, and a thought graph - read/write memory for AI agents.

    Install Compare with #1

  6. Ragmetric io.github.MukundaKatta/ragmetric-mcp

    RAG retrieval IR metrics: recall@k, hit@k, MRR, NDCG@k, evaluate_batch.

    Install Compare with #1

  7. Qdrant Memory io.github.cnkang/qdrant-memory

    Persistent scoped Qdrant memory for agents, through four explicit stdio MCP tools.

    Install Compare with #1

  8. Distillery io.github.norrietaylor/distillery-mcp

    Knowledge base for Claude Code with semantic search, feed intelligence, and teams

    Install Compare with #1

  9. MCPProxy io.github.smart-mcp-proxy/mcpproxy-go

    Local-first MCP proxy with BM25 tool discovery, security scanning, quarantine & ~99% token savings

    Install Compare with #1

  10. Docdex io.github.bekirdag/docdex

    Fast per-repo documentation indexer and full-text search MCP server for codebases.

    Install Compare with #1

Side by side

#ServerRunsToolsDownloads a weekAdvisoriesLicence
1Serena MCP: the IDE for your agentLocal0–0MIT
2@tobilu/qmdLocal043k0MIT
3PageIndex MCPLocal0–0Not stated
4Local RagLocal02.1k0MIT
5EngravaLocal0–0MIT
6RagmetricLocal0–0MIT-OR-APACHE-2.0
7Qdrant MemoryLocal0–0MIT
8DistilleryLocal, Remote0–0APACHE-2.0
9MCPProxy–0–0MIT
10DocdexRemote05650MIT

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From the publishers' registry entries, package registries and advisory databases, as of 2026-11-03.