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Brave Search vs Smithsonian
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Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
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Search 14.5M Smithsonian Open Access objects, get CC0 images, find cross-collection connections.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Smithsonian (93/100 against 85). Smithsonian is hosted and callable through the gateway; Brave Search runs on your own machine. Brave Search has noticeably more public adoption.
| Brave Search | Smithsonian | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A85/100 | A93/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 1.5k | 2 |
| Downloads / week | 17k | 180 |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | 8 | 6 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-20 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |