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MCP Arr runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 444 installs a week from npm. Last commit 9 Aug 2026.

MCP server for *arr media suite - Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Readarr, Prowlarr

Installs per day peak 319 · avg 96 · +134% w/w
a month agotoday
444
Installs / week
npm · mcp-arr-server
213
Stars
7 open issues
9 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

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

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SONARR_URL (Sonarr server URL), SONARR_API_KEY (Sonarr API key), RADARR_URL (Radarr server URL), RADARR_API_KEY (Radarr API key), LIDARR_URL (Lidarr server URL), LIDARR_API_KEY (Lidarr API key), READARR_URL (Readarr server URL), READARR_API_KEY (Readarr API key), PROWLARR_URL (Prowlarr server URL), PROWLARR_API_KEY (Prowlarr API key). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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MCP Arr — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP Arr?
MCP Arr 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 mcp-arr-server was installed 444 times last week.
How do I connect MCP Arr?
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 mcp-arr-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MCP Arr?
The npm package mcp-arr-server was installed 444 times in the last week. Week over week that is +134%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MCP Arr open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 213 stars on GitHub and 7 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.