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QuickBooks Desktop MCP Server

by devwithmj Your server? Claim it
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QuickBooks Desktop runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 176 installs a week from npm. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.

Read QuickBooks Desktop data and, if enabled, make safe changes. Windows only.

Installs per day peak 1 149 · avg 44 · -85% w/w
a month agotoday
176
Installs / week
npm · @devwithmj/quickbooks-mcp
2
Stars
5 open issues
25 Oct 2026
Last commit
6 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
C#

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

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.

  const child = spawn(exe, process.argv.slice(2), { stdio: 'inherit' });
Builds a file path from a variable packaging/npm/lib.js:28, [пакет] lib.js:28
  return path.join(base, 'quickbooks-mcp', version, asset);

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 quickbooks-mcp -- npx -y @devwithmj/quickbooks-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quickbooks-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@devwithmj/quickbooks-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.quickbooks-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@devwithmj/quickbooks-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quickbooks-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@devwithmj/quickbooks-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "quickbooks-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@devwithmj/quickbooks-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: QB_COMPANY_FILE (Full path to the QuickBooks company file (.qbw). Leave empty to use the file open in QuickBooks).

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QuickBooks Desktop — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for QuickBooks Desktop?
QuickBooks Desktop 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 @devwithmj/quickbooks-mcp was installed 176 times last week.
How do I connect QuickBooks Desktop?
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 @devwithmj/quickbooks-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use QuickBooks Desktop?
The npm package @devwithmj/quickbooks-mcp was installed 176 times in the last week. Week over week that is -85%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is QuickBooks Desktop open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in C#, 2 stars on GitHub and 5 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.