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Newton Browser MCP Server

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Newton Browser runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 48 installs a week from npm. Last commit 29 Sep 2026.

Local-only Chrome and Edge control for MCP clients through an origin-scoped extension.

Installs per day peak 16 · avg 6 · -19% w/w
a month agotoday
48
Installs / week
npm · newton-browser
0
Stars
0 open issues
29 Sep 2026
Last commit
no releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

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

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call browser.screenshot.filename → apps/mcp-server/src/mcp-server.ts:368
  fs.writeFileSync(output, buffer, { flag: "wx", mode: 0o600 });
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 execFileSync(executable, ["--version"], { encoding: "utf8", timeout: 10_000, stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"] });
  const profileRoot = path.join(userDataRoot, profileDirectory);

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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

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Newton Browser — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Newton Browser?
Newton Browser 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 newton-browser was installed 48 times last week.
How do I connect Newton Browser?
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 newton-browser straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Newton Browser?
The npm package newton-browser was installed 48 times in the last week. Week over week that is -19%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Newton Browser 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.