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PDF Generator MCP Server

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PDF Generator runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 224 installs a week from npm.

MCP server for creative PDF generation with full emoji, Unicode, and offline support

Installs per day peak 538 · avg 142 · +100% w/w
a month agotoday
1 224
Installs / week
npm · @mcp-z/mcp-pdf
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15 releases in 90 days
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Nothing serious here today

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

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: RESOURCE_STORE_URI (Resource store URI for generated PDF files (file://)), PORT (HTTP server port (overrides --port)), BASE_URL (Base URL for HTTP transport (used for file links)), LOG_LEVEL (Logging level).

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PDF Generator — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for PDF Generator?
PDF Generator 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-z/mcp-pdf was installed 1 224 times last week.
How do I connect PDF Generator?
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 @mcp-z/mcp-pdf straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use PDF Generator?
The npm package @mcp-z/mcp-pdf was installed 1 224 times in the last week. Week over week that is +100%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.