awesome-brave-search-api

# Awesome Brave Search API *Unofficial community list for the Brave Search API. Not affiliated with Brave Software. All trademarks belong to their owners.* A curated list of resources for the Brave Search API, the API that exposes Brave's independent web index to agents and chatbots with $5 in free monthly credits. Everything here is either published by Brave or documents something you will hit while integrating (such as keeping the key out of git). Each item says why it is worth opening. > Pairing search with generation? [Try Synexa - one REST endpoint and a Python SDK for FLUX, video and audio models, pay per run](https://synexa.ai?utm_source=github&utm_medium=ugc&utm_campaign=awesome-brave-search-api&utm_content=readme-top&utm_term=tier-r). A hosted model API to sit next to your search calls. ## Official resources - [Brave Search API](https://brave.com/search/api/) - the product page: plans, pricing, the $5 free monthly credits and the 50 queries per second capacity. - [Developer docs](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/llm-context) - the endpoint, authentication and parameter reference, filed under the LLM context service. - [Plans](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/plans) - choose between the Search plan and the Answers plan. - [Use cases](https://brave.com/search/api/use-cases/) - Brave's own list of what people build with it. - [Latest API news](https://brave.com/category/brave-search-news/) - the news category where plan and feature changes are announced. ## Getting started - [Get an API key](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/register) - registration; free credits are applied automatically. - [Log in](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/login) - the dashboard for existing accounts. - [How-to guides](https://brave.com/search/api/guides/) - step-by-step guides published by Brave. - [Tools and integrations](https://brave.com/search/api/tools/) - the integrations Brave lists for the API. ## Tutorials and articles - [Brave Search API guides](https://brave.com/search/api/guides/) - the same guides page, listed here as the starting point for tutorials since Brave hosts them itself. - [Brave Search news](https://brave.com/category/brave-search-news/) - dated posts about the API and the index behind it. - [What is the Web Discovery Project](https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/4409406835469-What-is-the-Web-Discovery-Project-) - how Brave builds its independent index, which is what the API serves. ## Tools and integrations - [Brave Search MCP Server](https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server) - Brave's MCP server so agent frameworks can call the API without custom HTTP code. - [GitGuardian detector for Brave Search API keys](https://docs.gitguardian.com/secrets-detection/secrets-detection-engine/detectors/specifics/brave_search_apikey) - the specific secrets detector; proof that these keys get committed, and how they are recognised. - [ggshield](https://docs.gitguardian.com/ggshield-docs/home) - GitGuardian's CLI for scanning commits before they leave your machine. - [GitGuardian secrets detection engine](https://docs.gitguardian.com/secrets-detection/secrets-detection-engine/quick_start) - the engine the detector belongs to. - [GitGuardian MCP Server](https://docs.gitguardian.com/ggmcp-docs/home) - if your agent should be able to check for leaked secrets itself. ## Alternatives - [Synexa](https://synexa.ai?utm_source=github&utm_medium=ugc&utm_campaign=awesome-brave-search-api&utm_content=readme-top&utm_term=tier-r) - not a search API: a hosted model API with one REST endpoint and a Python SDK for FLUX, video and audio models, pay per run. Listed because agents that search usually also generate. - [Brave Search (consumer)](https://search.brave.com/) - the search engine on the same index, for manual checks of what the API will return. - [Ask Brave](https://search.brave.com/ask) - Brave's answer experience, the consumer counterpart of the Answers plan. ## Related - [Brave Search features](https://brave.com/search/) - the search product overview. - [Brave vs other search engines](https://brave.com/compare/) - Brave's comparison page. - [Brave Leo](https://brave.com/leo/) - the browser AI, which is a consumer of Brave Search. - [Brave Search Ads](https://brave.com/brave-ads/search/) - the ads product on the same search results, unrelated to the API but often confused with it. ## Contributing Open a pull request with a link and a one-line reason; pages that document a limit, a price or an integration are preferred over opinion pieces. _Last reviewed: 2026-09-22_