Unsplash MCP Server

by hanoak Your server? Claim it

local only

Unsplash MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 72 installs a week from npm. Last commit 19 Aug 2026.

MCP server for the Unsplash API: search & fetch photos with attribution + download tracking.

Installs per day peak 152 · avg 17 · +57% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · @hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server

Stars

0 open issues

19 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Unsplash MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add unsplash-mcp-server -- npx -y @hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unsplash-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.unsplash-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unsplash-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unsplash-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY (Your Unsplash API access key (sent as Authorization: Client-ID).), UNSPLASH_APP_NAME (Registered Unsplash app name, used as the attribution utm_source.), LOG_LEVEL (Log verbosity; all logs go to stderr.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

Alternatives to Unsplash MCP Server

same job, measured the same way

Pexels MCP Server

by hanoak

MCP server for the Pexels API: search & fetch stock photos, videos, and collections.

61 installs/wk local only

Noun MCP

by alisaitteke

Production MCP server for The Noun Project — search & download icons in Cursor/Claude with OAuth…

425 installs/wk local only

Keeping MCP

by red-square-software

MCP server for the Keeping time-tracking API

31 installs/wk local only

Dash MCP Server

by kapeli

MCP server for Dash, the macOS API documentation browser. Search 200+ docsets.

124 installs/wk local only

Fatsecret MCP

by fliptheweb

MCP server for FatSecret API - food search, nutrition, diary, recipes, weight tracking (unofficial)

66 installs/wk local only

Google Drive MCP

by a1-x-tech

MCP server for the Google Drive API: search, upload, download, organize and share files.

48 installs/wk local only

webfetch

by ashlrai

License-first federated image search with attribution, dimensions, and download tooling.

39 installs/wk local only

Boxberry MCP

by theyahia

MCP server for Boxberry delivery API — city/point search, delivery calculation, tracking. 4 tools.

36 installs/wk local only

Unsplash MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Unsplash MCP Server?

Unsplash MCP Server 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 @hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server was installed 72 times last week.

How do I connect Unsplash MCP Server?

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 @hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Unsplash MCP Server?

The npm package @hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server was installed 72 times in the last week. Week over week that is +57%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Unsplash MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript 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.