`projects_search`

Pack: repology · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/projects_search for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Paginate or filter Repology projects by name substring, maintainer, category, or repository membership; returns up to 200 project names per page with their per-repo version data.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`start_name`	string	no	Pagination cursor — project name to start at.
`end_name`	string	no	Pagination cursor — project name to end at (reverse).
`search`	string	no	Substring match on project name.
`maintainer`	string	no
`category`	string	no
`in_repo`	string	no	Restrict to one repo, e.g. “alpine_edge”.
`not_in_repo`	string	no	Exclude one repo.
`count`	number	no	1-200 (default 50).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "search": "python"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/repology/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"projects_search","arguments":{"search":"python"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('projects_search', {
  "search": "python"
});

More examples

{
  "in_repo": "alpine_edge",
  "count": 30
}

Response shape

Always returns: items, count

Field	Type	Description
`items`	array	One row per matched project, regrouped from Repology’s name->rows map into the catalog’s standard items/count shape
`count`	integer	Number of matched projects returned.

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "items": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "project": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Project name (Repology's own map key for this match)"
          },
          "packages": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "repo": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "subrepo": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "srcname": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "visiblename": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "version": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "origversion": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "status": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "summary": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "maintainers": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                },
                "licenses": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                },
                "categories": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                }
              },
              "additionalProperties": true
            },
            "description": "This project's per-repository package rows, as Repology's own API returns them"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "One row per matched project, regrouped from Repology's name->rows map into the catalog's standard items/count shape"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of matched projects returned."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "items",
    "count"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the repology pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "repology": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/repology/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

projects_search