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Yarr MCP Server

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Yarr MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 15 Aug 2026.

Rust MCP and CLI server for Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, Plex, Jellyfin, and download clients.

Installs per day peak 168 · avg 40 · -28% w/w
a month agotoday
Installs / week
npm · yarr-mcp
12
Stars
3 open issues
15 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
AGPL-3.0
License
Rust

What changed 41

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 9 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

18 Sep the owner changed
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and 31 more, back to 9 August 2026

Nothing serious here today

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: YARR_SONARR_URL (Optional Sonarr base URL.), YARR_SONARR_API_KEY (Optional Sonarr API key.), YARR_RADARR_URL (Optional Radarr base URL.), YARR_RADARR_API_KEY (Optional Radarr API key.), YARR_PLEX_URL (Optional Plex base URL.), YARR_PLEX_TOKEN (Optional Plex token.), YARR_VERSION (Optional GitHub release tag override for the downloaded Yarr binary.), YARR_REPO (Optional GitHub owner/repo override for release asset downloads.), YARR_RELEASE_BASE_URL (Optional release download base URL override.), RUST_LOG (Tracing filter for Yarr logs.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Yarr MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Yarr MCP?
Yarr 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 yarr-mcp.
How do I connect Yarr 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 yarr-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
Is Yarr MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in Rust, 12 stars on GitHub and 3 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.