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OpenProject MCP Server

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OpenProject runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 158 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 8 Sep 2026.

88 tools for the OpenProject API v3: work packages, attachments, git activity, time, reporting

Installs per day peak 374 · avg 47 · +1% w/w
a month agotoday
158
Installs / week
pypi · openproject-mcp-server
2
Stars
0 open issues
8 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check OpenProject 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 openproject-mcp-server -- uvx openproject-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openproject-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "openproject-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.openproject-mcp-server]
command = "uvx"
args = ["openproject-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openproject-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "openproject-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openproject-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "openproject-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OPENPROJECT_URL (OpenProject instance root URL, e.g. https://openproject.example.com), OPENPROJECT_API_KEY (API key from My account -> Access tokens in OpenProject), OPENPROJECT_MCP_READ_ONLY (Set to 1 to serve read tools only), OPENPROJECT_MCP_ADMIN_TOOLS (Set to 1 to enable the membership-write tools (hidden by default)), OPENPROJECT_MCP_DISABLE (Comma-separated tool groups to drop, e.g. meetings,budgets). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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OpenProject — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for OpenProject?
OpenProject 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 openproject-mcp-server was installed 158 times last week.
How do I connect OpenProject?
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 openproject-mcp-server straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use OpenProject?
The pypi package openproject-mcp-server was installed 158 times in the last week. Week over week that is +1%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is OpenProject open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 2 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.