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Claude KVM MCP Server

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Claude KVM runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 95 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 Jul 2026.

MCP server — control remote desktops via VNC with a native Swift daemon and Apple Vision OCR

Installs per day peak 210 · avg 25 · +162% w/w
a month agotoday
95
Installs / week
npm · claude-kvm
16
Stars
0 open issues
7 Jul 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 21 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

Runs an external command index.js:71, [пакет] index.js:71
  daemon = spawn(DAEMON_PATH, args, {
In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

          doctl compute droplet delete ${{ steps.droplet.outputs.DROPLET_ID }} --force 2>/dev/null || true

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: VNC_HOST (VNC server hostname or IP), VNC_PORT (VNC server port), VNC_USERNAME (VNC/ARD username), VNC_PASSWORD (VNC/ARD password), CLAUDE_KVM_DAEMON_PATH (Path to claude-kvm-daemon binary). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Claude KVM — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Claude KVM?
Claude KVM 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 claude-kvm was installed 95 times last week.
How do I connect Claude KVM?
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 claude-kvm straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Claude KVM?
The npm package claude-kvm was installed 95 times in the last week. Week over week that is +162%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Claude KVM open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 16 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.