Expo Headless MCP Server

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Expo Headless MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 284 installs a week from npm. Last commit 3 Nov 2026.

See and operate Expo / React Native apps: screenshots, taps, typing, auto-testing. No emulator.

Installs per day peak 284 · avg 9

a month agotoday

284

Installs / week

npm · expo-headless-mcp

Stars

0 open issues

3 Nov 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Expo Headless MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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 expo-headless-mcp -- npx -y expo-headless-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "expo-headless-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "expo-headless-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.expo-headless-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "expo-headless-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "expo-headless-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "expo-headless-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "expo-headless-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "expo-headless-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: EXPO_PROJECT (Absolute path of the Expo project to render (can also be passed per call as projectPath)).

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Expo Headless MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Expo Headless MCP?

Expo Headless 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 npm package expo-headless-mcp was installed 284 times last week.

How do I connect Expo Headless 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 expo-headless-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Expo Headless MCP?

The npm package expo-headless-mcp was installed 284 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Expo Headless MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 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.