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Whois MCP Server

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Whois MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 186 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 Oct 2026.

Domain registry records and status, DNS records, and IP/ASN resolution over RDAP and DoH.

Installs per day peak 198 · avg 32 · -42% w/w
a month agotoday
186
Installs / week
npm · @cyanheads/whois-mcp-server
2
Stars
0 open issues
18 Oct 2026
Last commit
5 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Whois MCP Server 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 whois-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/whois-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whois-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/whois-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.whois-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/whois-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whois-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/whois-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "whois-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/whois-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE (Selects the HTTP transport), MCP_HTTP_HOST (The hostname for the HTTP server), MCP_HTTP_PORT (The port to run the HTTP server on), MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH (The endpoint path for the MCP server), MCP_PUBLIC_URL (Public origin override for deployments behind a TLS-terminating reverse proxy (e.g. https://mcp.example.com)), MCP_AUTH_MODE (Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')), RDAP_TIMEOUT_MS (HTTP timeout for RDAP requests in milliseconds), DOH_TIMEOUT_MS (HTTP timeout for DNS-over-HTTPS requests in milliseconds), RDAP_MAX_RETRIES (Max retry attempts on transient RDAP failures), DOH_MAX_RETRIES (Max retry attempts on transient DNS-over-HTTPS failures).

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Whois MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Whois MCP Server?
Whois MCP Server 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 @cyanheads/whois-mcp-server was installed 186 times last week.
How do I connect Whois MCP Server?
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 @cyanheads/whois-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Whois MCP Server?
The npm package @cyanheads/whois-mcp-server was installed 186 times in the last week. Week over week that is -42%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Whois MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 2 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.