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Hostsmith is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. 78 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 May 2026.

Deploy static sites on Hostsmith - give it a file, get a live HTTPS URL. EU/US residency.

Installs per day peak 47 · avg 10 · +69% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history 48 days of history
48 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
Tools
hidden behind auth
863 ms
Response time
average over 24h
78
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

What the code does

We read the source, 41 min ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

Deletes files or strips permissions src/index.ts:460
    #    Only run \`rm -rf "$TMP"\` after explicit confirmation; otherwise leave it for them to inspect.

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We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Hostsmith and you get told the day something new turns up.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 7 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-server --transport http https://mcp.hostsmith.net/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.hostsmith.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-server]
url = "https://mcp.hostsmith.net/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.hostsmith.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.hostsmith.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: HOSTSMITH_URL (Hostsmith app URL (OAuth endpoints).), HOSTSMITH_API_DOMAIN (Override the upstream API domain across both partitions; 'us.api.' and 'eu.api.' are prepended to this value.), HOSTSMITH_BASE_URL (Override the API base URL with a single fixed value, bypassing partition selection entirely.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.hostsmith.net/mcp streamable-http needs auth 1308 ms 7 min ago

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Hostsmith — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Hostsmith?
The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.
Is Hostsmith working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 863 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Hostsmith?
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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.
Does Hostsmith need an API key?
Yes. Every time we knock, Hostsmith answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.
How fast is Hostsmith?
It answers our handshake in 863 ms on average, which is faster than 12% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
How many people use Hostsmith?
The npm package @hostsmith/mcp-server was installed 78 times in the last week. Week over week that is +69%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Hostsmith open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript 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.