CurrencyFreaks runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 260 installs a week from npm. Last commit 27 Oct 2026.
Real-time and historical exchange rates and currency conversion for 1000+ currencies.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check CurrencyFreaks every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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.
claude mcp add currencyfreaks-mcp -e 'CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY=<CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @currencyfreaks/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"currencyfreaks-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@currencyfreaks/mcp"
],
"env": {
"CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY": "<CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.currencyfreaks-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@currencyfreaks/mcp"]
env = { CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY = "<CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"currencyfreaks-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@currencyfreaks/mcp"
],
"env": {
"CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY": "<CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"currencyfreaks-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@currencyfreaks/mcp"
],
"env": {
"CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY": "<CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<CURRENCYFREAKS_API_KEY> (Your CurrencyFreaks API key (get one at https://currencyfreaks.com)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
CURRENCYFREAKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS (Request timeout in milliseconds (default 15000)).
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