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MCP Sidecar MCP Server

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MCP Sidecar runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 54 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Jun 2026.

Cross-platform MCP server for managing long-lived background processes from any MCP client

Installs per day peak 20 · avg 7 · +29% w/w
a month agotoday
54
Installs / week
npm · mcp-sidecar
0
Stars
0 open issues
2 Jun 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
Go

What the code does

We read the source, 23 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.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] bin.js:1
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет
  execFileSync(binPath, process.argv.slice(2), { 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 mcp-sidecar -- npx -y mcp-sidecar
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sidecar": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-sidecar"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-sidecar]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-sidecar"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sidecar": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-sidecar"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sidecar": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-sidecar"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SIDECAR_MAX_PROCESSES (Maximum number of concurrent managed processes (default: 10)), SIDECAR_BUFFER_SIZE (Output buffer size per stream in bytes (default: 1048576)), SIDECAR_KILL_TIMEOUT (Milliseconds to wait between graceful and forced termination (default: 5000)), SIDECAR_CLEANUP_AFTER (Seconds before exited processes are auto-removed. 0 disables cleanup (default: 1800)), SIDECAR_MAX_OUTPUT_SIZE (Global cap on bytes returned by the output tool. 0 means unlimited (default: 0)), SIDECAR_ALLOWED_EXECUTABLES (Comma-separated allowlist of executable names. When set, enables security mode with direct exec (no shell). Unset means security disabled.), SIDECAR_BLOCKED_PATTERNS (Comma-separated regex patterns to reject in commands. Only applies when security is enabled.), SIDECAR_AUDIT_LOG (Audit log destination. 'true' writes to cwd, 'temp' writes to OS temp dir, or a directory path. Unset disables audit logging.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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MCP Sidecar — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP Sidecar?
MCP Sidecar 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 mcp-sidecar was installed 54 times last week.
How do I connect MCP Sidecar?
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 mcp-sidecar straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MCP Sidecar?
The npm package mcp-sidecar was installed 54 times in the last week. Week over week that is +29%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MCP Sidecar open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Go 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.