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Mealie MCP Server

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Mealie MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 309 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Oct 2026.

MCP server for Mealie, the self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner

Installs per day peak 197 · avg 33 · +10% w/w
a month agotoday
309
Installs / week
npm · @ni-c/mealie-mcp
1
Stars
0 open issues
15 Oct 2026
Last commit
9 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 17 h ago · rules ccca72095570

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.

Reaches cloud metadata service src/hosts.ts:17
  'metadata.google.internal',

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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 Mealie MCP Server 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 mealie-mcp -- npx -y @ni-c/mealie-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mealie-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@ni-c/mealie-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mealie-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ni-c/mealie-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: MEALIE_URL (Base URL of the Mealie instance, e.g. https://mealie.example.com), MEALIE_API_TOKEN (API token created in Mealie under Settings → API Tokens), MEALIE_READ_ONLY (Exactly 'true' registers only the 18 read tools), MEALIE_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE (Accept-Language header, e.g. de-DE; localises unit and label names), MEALIE_INSECURE_TLS (Exactly 'true' accepts a self-signed certificate, scoped to this connection), MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS (Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools)), MEALIE_DENY_TOOLS (Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever MEALIE_ALLOW_TOOLS left). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Mealie MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Mealie MCP Server?
Mealie MCP Server 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 @ni-c/mealie-mcp was installed 309 times last week.
How do I connect Mealie MCP Server?
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 @ni-c/mealie-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Mealie MCP Server?
The npm package @ni-c/mealie-mcp was installed 309 times in the last week. Week over week that is +10%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Mealie MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript 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.