Pexels MCP Server

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Pexels runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 145 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 May 2026.

MCP server for searching Pexels stock photos, videos, and curated collections.

Installs per day peak 42 · avg 24 · +34% w/w

a month agotoday

145

Installs / week

npm · mcp-pexels

Stars

0 open issues

18 May 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Pexels 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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add pexels -- npx -y mcp-pexels

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pexels": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-pexels"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.pexels]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-pexels"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pexels": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-pexels"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pexels": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-pexels"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: PEXELS_API_KEY (Pexels API key. Get one for free at https://www.pexels.com/api/. Free tier: 200 req/hour, 20,000 req/month.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Pexels — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Pexels?

Pexels 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-pexels was installed 145 times last week.

How do I connect Pexels?

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-pexels straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Pexels?

The npm package mcp-pexels was installed 145 times in the last week. Week over week that is +34%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Pexels open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT 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.