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OpenTranscribe MCP Server

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OpenTranscribe MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 297 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 15 Sep 2026.

Provider-independent speech-to-text with normalized transcripts over MCP.

297
Installs / week
pypi · open-transcribe-mcp
1
Stars
0 open issues
15 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

            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.

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OT_HOST (Loopback address used by the locally installed server.), OT_PORT (Port used by the locally installed Streamable HTTP server.), OT_SECURITY__BEARER_TOKEN (A strong, random token shared with the local MCP client.), 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.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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OpenTranscribe MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for OpenTranscribe MCP?
OpenTranscribe 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 pypi package open-transcribe-mcp was installed 297 times last week.
How do I connect OpenTranscribe 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 open-transcribe-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use OpenTranscribe MCP?
The pypi package open-transcribe-mcp was installed 297 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is OpenTranscribe MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python and 1 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.