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DingCard MCP Server

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DingCard runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 476 installs a week from npm. Last commit 31 Oct 2026.

Make posters, social cards and slide decks from templates, check the layout, render PNG, JPG or PDF

Installs per day peak 297 · avg 15
a month agotoday
476
Installs / week
npm · dingcard-mcp
16
Stars
1 open issue
31 Oct 2026
Last commit
5 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

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.

A line of code looks encrypted index.html:43, render.html:14
      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Instrument+Sans:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,400&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500;700&family=Noto+Sans+SC:wght@400;500;700&family=Noto+Serif+SC:wght@400;600;700&family=LXGW+WenKai+TC:wght@400;700&family=ZCOOL+XiaoWei&f…
    const child = spawn(command, args as string[], { detached: true, stdio: 'ignore' })
            diskPath: path.join(routeConfig.uploadsDir, filename),
Builds a database query by concatenation src/workspaces/markdown/MarkdownWorkspace.tsx:260
      const textToInsert = selectedText || placeholder
      const replacement = before + textToInsert + after

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

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: DINGCARD_FONTS_URL (Where to download web fonts instead of https://fonts.googleapis.com, e.g. https://fonts.googleapis.cn), DINGCARD_CHROME_PATH (Path to Chrome when it is not installed in the usual place (used for checks and renders)), DINGCARD_SERVER_URL (A deployed DingCard server, for share links and saved projects), DINGCARD_SERVER_TOKEN (API token for DINGCARD_SERVER_URL (scopes: images and shares; drafts for projects)).

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DingCard — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for DingCard?
DingCard 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 dingcard-mcp was installed 476 times last week.
How do I connect DingCard?
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 dingcard-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use DingCard?
The npm package dingcard-mcp was installed 476 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is DingCard open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 16 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.