Jiro — The Search Intelligence Platform

One API. 9 search engines. 12 social platforms. AI-powered. Free forever.

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Why Jiro?

Jiro is a local-first, AI-native search & scraping API — a self-hosted alternative to SerpAPI, ScraperAPI, and Bright Data. It gives you:

• 9 search engines — Google, Bing, Brave, DuckDuckGo, YouTube, Amazon, eBay, Yandex, Baidu
• 12 social platforms — Reddit, Twitter/X, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, and more
• Hybrid search — keyword + semantic + freshness signals combined
• AI-powered research — agentic search with citations (Enterprise)
• MCP integration — works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue.dev
• Free forever — generous free tier, no credit card required

Quick Start (30 seconds)

# Install
pip install jirosearch

# Start server
jiro serve

# Search the web
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q": "latest AI research", "engine": "google"}'

That's it. You're searching across 9 engines with hybrid ranking, caching, and structured extraction — all running locally on your machine.

Features

Free vs Enterprise

API Examples

Search the Web

# Basic search
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q": "python web scraping", "engine": "google", "num": 10}'

# Hybrid search with answer synthesis
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q": "latest AI research", "hybrid": true, "answer": true}'

Scrape Any URL

# Scrape to markdown
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/scrape \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://docs.python.org", "format": "markdown"}'

# Batch scrape
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/scrape/batch \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"urls": ["https://example.com", "https://docs.python.org"]}'

Social Media

# Scrape a Reddit post
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/social \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://reddit.com/r/programming/comments/abc123"}'

# Search across platforms
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/social/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "machine learning", "platform": "reddit", "limit": 10}'

Smart Search (Auto-Routing)

# Auto-detect intent and route to best engine
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/v1/smart \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "github.com/fastapi"}'

MCP Integration

Works with any MCP-compatible client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jiro": {
      "command": "jiro",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

16 MCP Tools

Pricing

Free — $0/forever

The most generous free tier in search APIs. No credit card required.

• 100 requests/minute
• 10,000 requests/day
• 9 search engines
• 12 social platforms
• Hybrid search & smart routing
• MCP integration
• Community support

Enterprise — $499/mo

Everything in Free, plus unlimited power.

• 1,000 requests/minute
• 1,000,000 requests/day
• AI-powered agentic research
• Custom LLM models
• White-label customization
• SOC2 compliance
• Premium support
• Commercial use license

Get Enterprise →

Deploy

Docker

docker-compose up -d

Kubernetes

helm install jiro ./helm/jiro

Local

pip install jirosearch
jiro serve --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

Comparisons

vs SerpAPI

vs ScraperAPI

vs Bright Data

Architecture

jiro/
├── server/           FastAPI application
│   └── routers/      API endpoints (75+ routes)
├── search/           Search intelligence
│   ├── hybrid.py     Hybrid search
│   ├── reranker.py   Result reranking
│   └── multiquery.py Query expansion
├── scraping/         Web scraping
│   ├── engines.py    9 search engines
│   └── social/       12 social platforms
├── ai/               AI/LLM integration
├── mcp.py           MCP server (16 tools)
├── pro.py           Tier system
├── licensing.py     HMAC license tokens
├── db.py            SQLite/PostgreSQL
└── dashboard.py     Web UI

Development

# Install dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest tests/ -v

# Run linter
ruff check jiro/

Community

• Website — Home
• GitHub — Source code
• Discord — Community chat
• Twitter — Updates
• Documentation — Guides & tutorials

License

MIT License — use freely, commercially, or privately.