npm Search MCP Server

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npm Search runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 32 installs a week from npm. Last commit 10 Mar 2026.

npm search MCP — find packages, view details, compare, check downloads.

Installs per day peak 11 · avg 6 · -48% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · mcp-server-npm-search

Stars

1 open issues

10 Mar 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check npm Search 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 npm-search -- npx -y mcp-server-npm-search

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "npm-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-npm-search"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.npm-search]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-server-npm-search"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "npm-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-npm-search"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "npm-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-npm-search"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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npm Search — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for npm Search?

npm Search 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 mcp-server-npm-search was installed 32 times last week.

How do I connect npm Search?

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 mcp-server-npm-search straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use npm Search?

The npm package mcp-server-npm-search was installed 32 times in the last week. Week over week that is -48%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is npm Search open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 0 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.