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Apple Mail MCP Server

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Apple Mail MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 221 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 14 Sep 2026.

Fast local Apple Mail MCP: indexed search, full-text bodies, verified sends, triage. macOS.

Installs per day peak 695 · avg 101
a month agotoday
221
Installs / week
pypi · apple-mailbox-mcp
29
Stars
4 open issues
14 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 16 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

                     "gui/$UID ~/Library/LaunchAgents/<legacy>.plist")
SOCK="${EMAIL_MCP_SSH_SOCKET:-$HOME/.ssh/sock-lxplus-mail}"

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 apple-mail-mcp -- uvx apple-mailbox-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mail-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "apple-mailbox-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.apple-mail-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["apple-mailbox-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mail-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "apple-mailbox-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-mail-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "apple-mailbox-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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Apple Mail MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Apple Mail MCP?
Apple Mail MCP 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 apple-mailbox-mcp was installed 221 times last week.
How do I connect Apple Mail MCP?
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 apple-mailbox-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Apple Mail MCP?
The pypi package apple-mailbox-mcp was installed 221 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 Apple Mail MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 29 stars on GitHub and 4 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.