Hostbeam MCP Server

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Hostbeam runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 406 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Sep 2026.

Lets a coding agent read the screenshots you beam to its server with Hostbeam.

Installs per day peak 375 · avg 14

a month agotoday

406

Installs / week

npm · @hostbeam/mcp

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15 Sep 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Hostbeam 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 mcp -- npx -y @hostbeam/mcp

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@hostbeam/mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: HOSTBEAM_DIR (The folder Hostbeam beams to on this server. Leave unset for /tmp/hostbeam.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Hostbeam — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Hostbeam?

Hostbeam 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 @hostbeam/mcp was installed 406 times last week.

How do I connect Hostbeam?

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 @hostbeam/mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Hostbeam?

The npm package @hostbeam/mcp was installed 406 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 Hostbeam open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 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.