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Hares — MCP security scanner runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 24 installs a week from npm.

Multi-layer security scanner for MCP servers and agent skills (injection, exfiltration)

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Installs per day peak 40 · avg 5 · +14% w/w
a month agotoday
24
Installs / week
npm · @alihashim313/hares
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1 release in 90 days
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What the code does

We read the source, 33 d ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

  /(^|[\s;&|(`])(sudo|doas|pkexec)\s|osascript\s+-e\s+.*with\s+administrator\s+privileges|-Verb\s+RunAs|\brunas\s+\/user:/i;
A live secret is committed in the code src/layers/l4_sandbox/config.ts:134
  GITHUB_TOKEN: "ghp_9dK2mR7xQ4pL8vN1sT6wZ3yB5cV0nA8fJ2ug",
Reads secrets and sends them out src/layers/l2_static/py/tuning.ts:122
  { re: /(^|[/\\])\.git-credentials$/, store: "git" },
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.

Builds a file path from a variable src/layers/l1_structure/manifest_loc.ts:38
    text = await readFile(path.join(root, file), "utf8");
const _KEY_FILES = new Set(["id_rsa", "id_dsa", "id_ecdsa", "id_ed25519", ".netrc", ".pgpass"]);
Sends data to a third-party sink src/layers/l2_static/py/tuning.ts:189
  "pastebin.com",

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We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Hares — MCP security scanner and you get told the day something new turns up.

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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 hares -- npx -y @alihashim313/hares
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hares": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@alihashim313/hares"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.hares]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@alihashim313/hares"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hares": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@alihashim313/hares"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hares": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@alihashim313/hares"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Hares — MCP security scanner — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Hares — MCP security scanner?
Hares — MCP security scanner 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 @alihashim313/hares was installed 24 times last week.
Is Hares — MCP security scanner still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect Hares — MCP security scanner?
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 @alihashim313/hares straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Hares — MCP security scanner?
The npm package @alihashim313/hares was installed 24 times in the last week. Week over week that is +14%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.