Apple Files MCP Server

by jonathanrreed Your server? Claim it

local only

Apple Files runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 163 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 21 Aug 2026.

Inspect and manage local files and folders inside allowed roots on macOS.

Installs per day peak 763 · avg 69 · -32% w/w

a month agotoday

163

Installs / week

pypi · apple-files-mcp

Stars

1 open issues

21 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Apple Files 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 apple-files-mcp -- uvx apple-files-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-files-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "apple-files-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.apple-files-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["apple-files-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-files-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "apple-files-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-files-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "apple-files-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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Apple Files — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Apple Files?

Apple Files 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 pypi package apple-files-mcp was installed 163 times last week.

How do I connect Apple Files?

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 apple-files-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Apple Files?

The pypi package apple-files-mcp was installed 163 times in the last week. Week over week that is -32%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Apple Files open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 12 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.