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Vibe Hnindex MCP Server

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Vibe Hnindex runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 156 installs a week from npm. Last commit 23 Oct 2026.

Index source code into a local knowledge base, search with keyword + semantic + hybrid modes.

Installs per day peak 377 · avg 30 · +345% w/w
a month agotoday
156
Installs / week
npm · vibe-hnindex
3
Stars
0 open issues
23 Oct 2026
Last commit
8 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 2 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

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.

  const result = spawnSync(cmd, ['update', '-g', 'hnindex-cli'], {
      : path.join(project.rootPath, edit.file_path);

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

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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 vibe-hnindex -- npx -y vibe-hnindex
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vibe-hnindex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vibe-hnindex"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.vibe-hnindex]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "vibe-hnindex"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vibe-hnindex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vibe-hnindex"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "vibe-hnindex": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vibe-hnindex"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: OLLAMA_URL (Ollama embedding server URL), OLLAMA_MODEL (Ollama embedding model name (default: bge-m3:567m)), QDRANT_URL (Qdrant vector database URL), STORAGE_PATH (SQLite database storage path).

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Vibe Hnindex — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Vibe Hnindex?
Vibe Hnindex 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 vibe-hnindex was installed 156 times last week.
How do I connect Vibe Hnindex?
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 vibe-hnindex straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Vibe Hnindex?
The npm package vibe-hnindex was installed 156 times in the last week. Week over week that is +345%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Vibe Hnindex open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 3 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.