OpenTranscribe MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 551 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 28 Oct 2026.
Provider-independent speech-to-text with normalized transcripts over MCP.
What the code does
We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
result = subprocess.run( # noqa: S603 - fixed vector, absolute executable, no shell
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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.
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 mcp add open-transcribe-mcp -e 'OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN=<OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN>' -- uvx open-transcribe-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"open-transcribe-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"open-transcribe-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN": "<OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.open-transcribe-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["open-transcribe-mcp"]
env = { OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN = "<OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"open-transcribe-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"open-transcribe-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN": "<OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"open-transcribe-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"open-transcribe-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN": "<OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN> (A strong, random token shared with the local MCP client).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
OT_HOST (Loopback address used by the locally installed server), OT_PORT (Port used by the locally installed Streamable HTTP server), OT_MICROSOFT__ENDPOINT (Optional Microsoft Speech resource endpoint), OT_MICROSOFT__API_KEY (Optional Microsoft Speech API key), OT_ELEVENLABS__API_KEY (Optional ElevenLabs API key), OT_GROQ__API_KEY (Optional Groq API key).
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OpenTranscribe MCP — questions
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