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Stock Images MCP Server

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Stock Images MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 628 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 Oct 2026.

Search and download free stock images from Pexels, Unsplash, and Pixabay.

Installs per day peak 294 · avg 55 · +0% w/w
a month agotoday
628
Installs / week
npm · stock-images-mcp
3
Stars
0 open issues
7 Oct 2026
Last commit
1 release in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Stock Images MCP 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 stock-images-mcp -- npx -y stock-images-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stock-images-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "stock-images-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.stock-images-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "stock-images-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stock-images-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "stock-images-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stock-images-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "stock-images-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: PEXELS_API_KEY (API key from pexels.com/api (free). At least one provider key is required.), UNSPLASH_API_KEY (Access key from unsplash.com/developers (free). Required to download Unsplash photos.), PIXABAY_API_KEY (API key from pixabay.com/api/docs (free).), STOCK_IMAGES_DOWNLOAD_DIR (Directory where download_image saves files (default: ./downloads).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Stock Images MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Stock Images MCP?
Stock Images 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 npm package stock-images-mcp was installed 628 times last week.
How do I connect Stock Images 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 stock-images-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Stock Images MCP?
The npm package stock-images-mcp was installed 628 times in the last week. Week over week that is +0%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Stock Images MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 3 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.