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Ollos MCP Server

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Ollos MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 57 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.

Local, offline transcription, speakers, keyframes, on-screen text and review of any audio or video.

57
Installs / week
npm · ollos-mcp
0
Stars
3 open issues
16 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

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.

    return path.join(ensureDir(path.join(this.root, namespace, key)), filename)
Runs an external command src/core/media/ffmpeg.ts:66
    const child = spawn(bin, args, { windowsHide: true, stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] })

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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.

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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 ollos-mcp -- npx -y ollos-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollos-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ollos-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ollos-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "ollos-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollos-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ollos-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollos-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ollos-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OLLOS_HOME (Where jobs, cache and models live. Default ~/.ollos), OLLOS_OFFLINE (Set to 1 to forbid any network access (models must be warmed up first)), OLLOS_YTDLP (Path to a yt-dlp binary for video-site URLs (default: found on PATH)), OLLOS_YTDLP_ARGS (Allow-listed yt-dlp flags, e.g. --no-check-certificates behind a TLS-intercepting proxy). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Ollos MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Ollos MCP?
Ollos 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 ollos-mcp was installed 57 times last week.
How do I connect Ollos 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 ollos-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Ollos MCP?
The npm package ollos-mcp was installed 57 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Ollos MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 3 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.