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Lunch Money MCP Server

io.github.akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp
local only

Lunch Money runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 566 installs a week from npm. Last commit 3 Aug 2026.

MCP server for managing LunchMoney personal finances: transactions, budgets, categories, and more.

Installs per day peak 272 · avg 57 · +97% w/w
a month agotoday
566
Installs / week
npm · @akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp
88
Stars
0 open issues
3 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add lunchmoney-mcp -- npx -y @akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lunchmoney-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.lunchmoney-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lunchmoney-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lunchmoney-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Lunch Money — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Lunch Money?
Lunch Money 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 @akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp was installed 566 times last week.
How do I connect Lunch Money?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Lunch Money?
The npm package @akutishevsky/lunchmoney-mcp was installed 566 times in the last week. Week over week that is +97%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Lunch Money open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 88 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.