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Gemini MCP Server

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Gemini MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 669 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Sep 2026.

Generate and edit images with Google Gemini (Nano Banana / Nano Banana Pro) image models.

Installs per day peak 367 · avg 122 · +128% w/w
a month agotoday
669
Installs / week
npm · @chrischall/gemini-mcp
0
Stars
1 open issues
15 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Gemini MCP 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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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 gemini-mcp -- npx -y @chrischall/gemini-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/gemini-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.gemini-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@chrischall/gemini-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/gemini-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/gemini-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GEMINI_API_KEY (Your Google Gemini API key (aistudio.google.com/apikey)), GEMINI_IMAGE_MODEL (Override the default image model (default: gemini-3.1-flash-image)), GEMINI_OUTPUT_DIR (Default directory for generated images (default: current working directory)), GEMINI_INPUT_DIR (Directory to resolve bare input-image filenames against). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Gemini MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Gemini MCP?
Gemini MCP 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 @chrischall/gemini-mcp was installed 669 times last week.
How do I connect Gemini MCP?
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 @chrischall/gemini-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Gemini MCP?
The npm package @chrischall/gemini-mcp was installed 669 times in the last week. Week over week that is +128%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Gemini MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.