OpenProject CE runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 2 332 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 30 Oct 2026.
MCP server for OpenProject Community Edition with guarded read/write support.
What the code does
We read the source, 2 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
process = subprocess.Popen(
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
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 mcp add openproject-ce-mcp -e 'OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL=<OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL>' -e 'OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN=<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>' -- uvx openproject-ce-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"openproject-ce-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openproject-ce-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN": "<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>",
"OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL": "<OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.openproject-ce-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["openproject-ce-mcp"]
env = { OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL = "<OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL>", OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN = "<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"openproject-ce-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openproject-ce-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN": "<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>",
"OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL": "<OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"openproject-ce-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openproject-ce-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN": "<OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN>",
"OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL": "<OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<OPENPROJECT_BASE_URL> (Base URL of the OpenProject instance), <OPENPROJECT_API_TOKEN> (OpenProject API token).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
OPENPROJECT_READ_PROJECTS (Comma-separated project identifiers or glob patterns that may be read, * for all; unset allows none), OPENPROJECT_WRITE_PROJECTS (Comma-separated project identifiers or glob patterns that may be written, * for all; unset allows none).
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OpenProject CE — questions
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