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Namecheap API MCP Server

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Namecheap API MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 36 installs a week from npm. Last commit 29 Jun 2026.

Namecheap API — domains, DNS, contacts, registrar lock, SSL listing, and pricing.

Installs per day peak 28 · avg 10 · -34% w/w
a month agotoday
36
Installs / week
npm · namecheap-api-mcp
0
Stars
0 open issues
29 Jun 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
License
JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 21 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 an external command release.mjs:24
const run = (cmd) => execSync(cmd, { stdio: "inherit" });

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: NAMECHEAP_API_USER (Namecheap account username (API user)), NAMECHEAP_API_KEY (Namecheap API key from Profile -> Tools -> API Access), NAMECHEAP_CLIENT_IP (Whitelisted public IPv4 of the machine running this server), NAMECHEAP_USERNAME (Username a command runs on behalf of. Defaults to NAMECHEAP_API_USER; differs only for reseller sub-users.), NAMECHEAP_ENVIRONMENT (API environment: "production" (default) or "sandbox"). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Namecheap API MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Namecheap API MCP?
Namecheap API 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 namecheap-api-mcp was installed 36 times last week.
How do I connect Namecheap API 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 namecheap-api-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Namecheap API MCP?
The npm package namecheap-api-mcp was installed 36 times in the last week. Week over week that is -34%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Namecheap API MCP open source?
We cannot say either way: written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.