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Rihla MCP Server

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Rihla runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 51 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 3 Jul 2026.

Flexible multi-leg, multi-airport flight search - cheapest valid combination across an itinerary.

Installs per day peak 13 · avg 7 · -19% w/w
a month agotoday
51
Installs / week
pypi · rihla-mcp
0
Stars
0 open issues
3 Jul 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Rihla 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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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 rihla -- uvx rihla-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rihla": {
      "args": [
        "rihla-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.rihla]
command = "uvx"
args = ["rihla-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rihla": {
      "args": [
        "rihla-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rihla": {
      "args": [
        "rihla-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: TRAVELPAYOUTS_TOKEN (Travelpayouts Data API token (free) - the primary price source. Without any keys the server runs on offline mock data.), SERPAPI_KEY (SerpApi key (optional, 250 free searches/mo) - fills routes Travelpayouts misses with bookable Google Flights fares.), RIHLA_PROFILE (Source profile: 'local' (all configured sources), 'hosted' (redistribution-licensed only), or 'mock' (offline).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Rihla — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Rihla?
Rihla 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 pypi package rihla-mcp was installed 51 times last week.
How do I connect Rihla?
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 rihla-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Rihla?
The pypi package rihla-mcp was installed 51 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 Rihla open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python 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.