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Claude Desktop Bridge MCP Server

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Claude Desktop Bridge runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 56 installs a week from npm. Last commit 5 Oct 2026.

Shared local knowledge vault MCP server for Claude Desktop (Chat + Code)

Installs per day peak 32 · avg 7 · +26% w/w
a month agotoday
56
Installs / week
npm · claude-desktop-bridge
0
Stars
0 open issues
5 Oct 2026
Last commit
2 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Claude Desktop Bridge 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 claude-desktop-bridge -- npx -y claude-desktop-bridge
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-desktop-bridge": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-desktop-bridge"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.claude-desktop-bridge]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "claude-desktop-bridge"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-desktop-bridge": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-desktop-bridge"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "claude-desktop-bridge": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-desktop-bridge"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: VAULT_DIR (Directory for the local SQLite vault database (defaults to ~/.claude-bridge)).

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Claude Desktop Bridge — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Claude Desktop Bridge?
Claude Desktop Bridge 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 claude-desktop-bridge was installed 56 times last week.
How do I connect Claude Desktop Bridge?
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 claude-desktop-bridge straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Claude Desktop Bridge?
The npm package claude-desktop-bridge was installed 56 times in the last week. Week over week that is +26%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Claude Desktop Bridge open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT 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.