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Bun Uia MCP Server

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Bun Uia runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 132 installs a week from npm. Last commit 13 Oct 2026.

Playwright for the Windows desktop, from Bun — drive native GUIs via UI Automation + MCP.

Installs per day peak 27 · avg 10 · +0% w/w
a month agotoday
132
Installs / week
npm · bun-uia
21
Stars
0 open issues
13 Oct 2026
Last commit
no releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

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.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] mcp.ts:1
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет
In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

Installs itself into autostart packages/afterimage/eye/settings.ts:19
const runKey = 'Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run';
Builds a database query by concatenation packages/afterimage/eye/view.ts:631
    const drop = (1 - Math.min(1, shelfVisibility)) * (layout.shelfHeight + layout.shelfMargin) * this.#scale * 0.5;

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: BUN_UIA_PROFILE (Capability profile: 'readonly' (inspect/read only), 'safe' (read + input + window — default), or 'full' (also os + fs tools)), BUN_UIA_OS (Set to '1' to allow OS-level tools (launch_app, run_program, open_path) AND filesystem tools (read_file, write_file, list_dir) regardless of profile), BUN_UIA_ALLOW (Comma-separated tool names or categories to additionally allow on top of the profile), BUN_UIA_DENY (Comma-separated tool names or categories to deny, overriding the profile and BUN_UIA_ALLOW), BUN_UIA_CURSOR (Set to 'never' to forbid the real-cursor fallback entirely (strictly cursor-free). By default clicks/drags are cursor-free but fall back to the real hardware cursor when no cursor-free path exists), BUN_UIA_FS_ROOT (Sandbox root directory that read_file/write_file/list_dir are confined to when fs tools are enabled).

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Bun Uia — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Bun Uia?
Bun Uia 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 bun-uia was installed 132 times last week.
How do I connect Bun Uia?
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 bun-uia straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Bun Uia?
The npm package bun-uia was installed 132 times in the last week. Week over week that is +0%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Bun Uia open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 21 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.