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NetBox MCP Server

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NetBox MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 137 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 26 Sep 2026.

MCP server for NetBox DCIM/IPAM with read-only and dry-run modes

Installs per day peak 250 · avg 21 · -21% w/w
a month agotoday
137
Installs / week
pypi · netbox-mcp
1
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26 Sep 2026
Last commit
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MIT
License
Python

Nothing serious here today

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: NETBOX_URL (NetBox base URL (e.g., https://netbox.example.com)), NETBOX_TOKEN (NetBox API token: v2 (nbt_<key>.<token>, NetBox 4.5+) or legacy v1), NETBOX_VERIFY_SSL (Verify SSL certificates (true/false)), NETBOX_TIMEOUT (Total time allowed for one NetBox request, retries included (seconds)), NETBOX_BRANCHING_ENABLED (Enable netbox-branching support: branch tools and the 'branch' argument (requires the netbox-branching plugin) (true/false)), NETBOX_BRANCH (Default netbox-branching branch (name or schema ID) for every call; requires NETBOX_BRANCHING_ENABLED=true), NETBOX_PLUGIN_DISCOVERY (Discover plugin object types from /api/core/object-types/ (true/false)), READ_ONLY_MODE (Hide all write tools (create, update, delete) (true/false)), DRY_RUN_MODE (Write tools only simulate changes and never modify NetBox (true/false)), DISABLED_TAGS (Comma-separated tool tags to disable (e.g. delete,graphql,branching)), LOG_LEVEL (Logging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)), RESPONSE_MAX_SIZE (Maximum tool response size in bytes (unset = unlimited)), RATE_LIMIT_ENABLED (Enable rate limiting), RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS (Maximum requests per rate limit window), RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MINUTES (Rate limit window in minutes), TOOL_SEARCH_ENABLED (Enable FastMCP tool search transform), TOOL_SEARCH_STRATEGY (Tool search strategy (bm25 or regex)), TOOL_SEARCH_MAX_RESULTS (Maximum tool search results returned by search_tools), MCP_HTTP_PORT (Port for HTTP server (default: 8000)), MCP_TRANSPORT (MCP transport type (http for HTTP, stdio for stdio)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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NetBox MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for NetBox MCP?
NetBox MCP 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 netbox-mcp was installed 137 times last week.
How do I connect NetBox MCP?
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 netbox-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use NetBox MCP?
The pypi package netbox-mcp was installed 137 times in the last week. Week over week that is -21%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is NetBox MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 1 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.