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macOS Apps MCP Server

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macOS Apps runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 396 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Mail, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Messages and more on macOS: cited pointers, previewed deletes

Installs per day peak 568 · avg 134 · -56% w/w
a month agotoday
396
Installs / week
pypi · macos-apps-mcp
1
Stars
40 open issues
2 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

        f"them. Tell the user they can delete old ones with `rm -r {usage['path']}` "
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.

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch macOS Apps and you get told the day something new turns up.

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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 macos-apps-mcp -- uvx macos-apps-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macos-apps-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "macos-apps-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.macos-apps-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["macos-apps-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macos-apps-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "macos-apps-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "macos-apps-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "macos-apps-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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macOS Apps — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for macOS Apps?
macOS Apps 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 pypi package macos-apps-mcp was installed 396 times last week.
How do I connect macOS Apps?
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 macos-apps-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use macOS Apps?
The pypi package macos-apps-mcp was installed 396 times in the last week. Week over week that is -56%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is macOS Apps open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 1 stars on GitHub and 40 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.