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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. 48 installs a week from npm. Last commit 22 Sep 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 57 · avg 5 · +0% w/w
a month agotoday
48
Installs / week
npm · ollos-mcp
0
Stars
0 open issues
22 Sep 2026
Last commit
1 release in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

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": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ollos-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ollos-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "ollos-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollos-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ollos-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ollos-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ollos-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: 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).

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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 48 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 in the form 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 48 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 Ollos MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 0 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.