Xdebug MCP Server

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Xdebug runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 334 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Oct 2026.

MCP server for PHP Xdebug debugging with breakpoints, stepping, and variable inspection

Installs per day peak 92 · avg 37 · +17% w/w

a month agotoday

334

Installs / week

npm · xdebug-mcp

Stars

0 open issues

2 Oct 2026

Last commit

1 release in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Xdebug every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add xdebug -- npx -y xdebug-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xdebug": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "xdebug-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.xdebug]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "xdebug-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xdebug": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "xdebug-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "xdebug": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "xdebug-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Xdebug — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Xdebug?

Xdebug 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 xdebug-mcp was installed 334 times last week.

How do I connect Xdebug?

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 xdebug-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Xdebug?

The npm package xdebug-mcp was installed 334 times in the last week. Week over week that is +17%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Xdebug open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 28 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.