Halfnine runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.
PostgreSQL through Halfnine: describe, read-only queries, and changes you approve in the app.
What the code does
We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
const server = spawn(app, ["mcp"], { stdio: "inherit" });
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.
const server = spawn(app, ["mcp"], { stdio: "inherit" });
sshKeyPath: spec?.ssh?.auth.method === "key" ? spec.ssh.auth.path : "~/.ssh/id_ed25519",
(PathBuf::from("/var/run/docker.sock"), "Docker"),
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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 Halfnine and you get told the day something new turns up.
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Halfnine — questions
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