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Unix pass MCP Server

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Unix pass runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 759 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 4 Nov 2026.

Local MCP access to Unix pass/GPG with read-only defaults, path scopes, and TOTP.

Installs per day peak 444 · avg 25
a month agotoday
759
Installs / week
pypi · unix-pass-mcp
2
Stars
1 open issue
4 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 3 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

        return subprocess.run(args, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
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.

        return subprocess.run(args, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)

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We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Unix pass and you get told the day something new turns up.

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

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: PASS_MCP_ALLOWED_PATHS (Comma-separated entry globs. Scope the server to entries you intend to expose), PASSWORD_STORE_DIR (Optional absolute password-store path; defaults to the user's ~/.password-store).

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Unix pass — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Unix pass?
Unix pass 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 unix-pass-mcp was installed 759 times last week.
How do I connect Unix pass?
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 unix-pass-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Unix pass?
The pypi package unix-pass-mcp was installed 759 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 Unix pass open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 2 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.