Universal Host Manager MCP Server

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Universal Host Manager MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 179 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 29 Sep 2026.

Cross-platform FastMCP server for authenticated remote Linux/macOS host administration

Installs per day peak 101 · avg 42 · +24% w/w

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29 Sep 2026

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MIT

License

Python

What the code does

We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call run_command.command → src/universal_host_manager_mcp/server.py:137, run_command.command → src/universal_host_manager_mcp/server.py:116, run_command.command → src/universal_host_manager_mcp/server.py:138

    process = subprocess.Popen(

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command src/universal_host_manager_mcp/setup_wizard.py:172, [пакет] src/universal_host_manager_mcp/setup_wizard.py:172, src/universal_host_manager_mcp/server.py:160 и ещё 1

        result = subprocess.run(

Runs with shell=True src/universal_host_manager_mcp/server.py:178, [пакет] src/universal_host_manager_mcp/server.py:178

        shell=True,

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add universal-host-manager-mcp -e 'MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR=<MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR>' -e 'AUTH0_DOMAIN=<AUTH0_DOMAIN>' -e 'AUTH0_CLIENT_ID=<AUTH0_CLIENT_ID>' -e 'AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET=<AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET>' -e 'AUTH0_AUDIENCE=<AUTH0_AUDIENCE>' -- uvx universal-host-manager-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "universal-host-manager-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "universal-host-manager-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH0_AUDIENCE": "<AUTH0_AUDIENCE>",
        "AUTH0_CLIENT_ID": "<AUTH0_CLIENT_ID>",
        "AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET": "<AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "AUTH0_DOMAIN": "<AUTH0_DOMAIN>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR": "<MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.universal-host-manager-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["universal-host-manager-mcp"]
env = { MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR = "<MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR>", AUTH0_DOMAIN = "<AUTH0_DOMAIN>", AUTH0_CLIENT_ID = "<AUTH0_CLIENT_ID>", AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET = "<AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET>", AUTH0_AUDIENCE = "<AUTH0_AUDIENCE>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "universal-host-manager-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "universal-host-manager-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH0_AUDIENCE": "<AUTH0_AUDIENCE>",
        "AUTH0_CLIENT_ID": "<AUTH0_CLIENT_ID>",
        "AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET": "<AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "AUTH0_DOMAIN": "<AUTH0_DOMAIN>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR": "<MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "universal-host-manager-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "universal-host-manager-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH0_AUDIENCE": "<AUTH0_AUDIENCE>",
        "AUTH0_CLIENT_ID": "<AUTH0_CLIENT_ID>",
        "AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET": "<AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "AUTH0_DOMAIN": "<AUTH0_DOMAIN>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR": "<MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own values in place of <MCP_WORKSPACE_DIR> (Directory that read_file/write_file/list_dir are restricted to), <AUTH0_DOMAIN> (Auth0 tenant domain, e.g. your-tenant.eu.auth0.com), <AUTH0_CLIENT_ID> (Auth0 application client ID), <AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET> (Auth0 application client secret), <AUTH0_AUDIENCE> (Auth0 API audience/identifier). The author’s registry entry marks them as required.

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: HOST (Interface to bind to), PORT (Port to listen on), ALLOW_INSECURE_NO_AUTH (Set to true only for local-only testing without Auth0).

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Universal Host Manager MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Universal Host Manager MCP?

Universal Host Manager MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package universal-host-manager-mcp was installed 179 times last week.

How do I connect Universal Host Manager MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls universal-host-manager-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Universal Host Manager MCP?

The pypi package universal-host-manager-mcp was installed 179 times in the last week. Week over week that is +24%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Universal Host Manager MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.