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Transkribus MCP Server

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Transkribus runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 316 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 Nov 2026.

Transkribus REST and Processing APIs — collections, HTR/OCR; default v1, optional v2 beta.

Installs per day peak 236 · avg 19 · +116% w/w
a month agotoday
316
Installs / week
npm · @lazyants/transkribus-mcp-server
3
Stars
0 open issues
7 Nov 2026
Last commit
5 releases in 90 days
FSL-1.1-MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

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

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: TRANSKRIBUS_USER (Account email; use with TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD when credentials are absent from the OS keyring), TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD (Account password; use with TRANSKRIBUS_USER when credentials are absent from the OS keyring), TRANSKRIBUS_SESSION_ID (Existing session ID for the legacy API; an alternative to account credentials), TRANSKRIBUS_ACCESS_TOKEN (OIDC bearer token for the Processing API; an alternative to account credentials), TRANSKRIBUS_KEYRING_SERVICE (OS keyring service containing account credentials or a legacy session ID).

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Transkribus — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Transkribus?
Transkribus 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 @lazyants/transkribus-mcp-server was installed 316 times last week.
How do I connect Transkribus?
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 @lazyants/transkribus-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Transkribus?
The npm package @lazyants/transkribus-mcp-server was installed 316 times in the last week. Week over week that is +116%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Transkribus open source?
No, and the distinction matters: its licence is declared as FSL-1.1-MIT. That makes it source-available — you can read the code, but the terms are the author's own, not one of the recognised open-source licences. Read them before you build on it.