Rihla MCP Server

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Rihla runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 80 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 25 · avg 11 · -16% w/w

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3 Jul 2026

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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.

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 rihla -- uvx rihla-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rihla": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rihla-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.rihla]
command = "uvx"
args = ["rihla-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rihla": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rihla-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "rihla": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rihla-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: 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)).

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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 80 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 in the form 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 80 times in the last week. Week over week that is -16%. 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.