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PixelForge MCP Server

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PixelForge runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 35 installs a week from npm. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.

Forge pixel art sprites, animations, tilesets and game assets with Google Gemini.

Installs per day peak 13 · avg 5 · -10% w/w
a month agotoday
35
Installs / week
npm · pixelforge-mcp
6
Stars
0 open issues
6 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check PixelForge 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 pixelforge-mcp -e 'GEMINI_API_KEY=<GEMINI_API_KEY>' -- npx -y pixelforge-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixelforge-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pixelforge-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.pixelforge-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "pixelforge-mcp"]
env = { GEMINI_API_KEY = "<GEMINI_API_KEY>" }
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pixelforge-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pixelforge-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "pixelforge-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pixelforge-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <GEMINI_API_KEY> (Google Gemini API key (https://aistudio.google.com/apikey)). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

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PixelForge — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for PixelForge?
PixelForge 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 pixelforge-mcp was installed 35 times last week.
How do I connect PixelForge?
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 pixelforge-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use PixelForge?
The npm package pixelforge-mcp was installed 35 times in the last week. Week over week that is -10%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is PixelForge open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 6 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.