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Local MCP Server

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Local MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 3 245 installs a week from npm. Last commit 12 Sep 2026.

Native macOS MCP server — 82 tools for Mail, Calendar, Teams, OneDrive and more.

Installs per day peak 2 000 · avg 616 · +42% w/w
a month agotoday
3 245
Installs / week
npm · local-mcp
52
Stars
4 open issues
12 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
License
JavaScript

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.

Runs a command on install [пакет] package.json:1
postinstall: node postinstall.js
File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] download.js:1, [пакет] index.js:1, [пакет] postinstall.js:1 и ещё 1
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет
Package points at a different repository lanchuske/local-mcp-releases, lanchuske/local-mcp-releases
пакет local-mcp ссылается на colibird-ai/local-mcp
Runs an external command [пакет] download.js:30, [пакет] setup.js:110
  execFileSync(tarBin, ['-xzf', tarPath, '-C', destDir], { stdio: 'pipe' })
Builds a file path from a variable [пакет] index.js:414, [пакет] download.js:342, [пакет] setup.js:226
  const stableBin = path.join(CACHE_DIR, binName)

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

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: LMCP_REF (Install-source attribution tag (fixed).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Local MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Local MCP?
Local 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 local-mcp was installed 3 245 times last week.
How do I connect Local 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 local-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Local MCP?
The npm package local-mcp was installed 3 245 times in the last week. Week over week that is +42%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Local MCP open source?
We cannot say either way: written in JavaScript, 52 stars on GitHub and 4 open issues, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.