Terminal MCP Server

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Terminal MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 151 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 17 Aug 2026.

MCP server for interactive terminal sessions — SSH, REPLs, database CLIs, TUI apps

Installs per day peak 304 · avg 34 · -38% w/w

a month agotoday

151

Installs / week

pypi · terminal-mcp

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0 open issues

17 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Terminal MCP 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 terminal-mcp -- uvx terminal-mcp

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: TERMINAL_MCP_MAX_SESSIONS (Maximum concurrent sessions), TERMINAL_MCP_IDLE_TIMEOUT (Seconds before auto-close (default 1800)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Terminal MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Terminal MCP?

Terminal 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 terminal-mcp was installed 151 times last week.

How do I connect Terminal 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 terminal-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Terminal MCP?

The pypi package terminal-mcp was installed 151 times in the last week. Week over week that is -38%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Terminal MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 11 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.