babelscribe MCP Server

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babelscribe runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 263 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 28 Oct 2026.

Offline speech-to-text and SRT subtitles in 99 languages on your own AMD/NVIDIA/Intel/Apple GPU.

Installs per day peak 857 · avg 65 · +15% w/w

a month agotoday

263

Installs / week

pypi · babelscribe

Stars

22 open issues

28 Oct 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

Python

What the code does

We read the source, 5 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.

Runs an external command babelscribe/backend.py:77, babelscribe/models.py:79, babelscribe/transcribe.py:34 и ещё 6

    out = subprocess.run([str(binary), "--help"], capture_output=True, text=True, errors="replace")

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.

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 babelscribe -- uvx babelscribe

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "babelscribe": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "babelscribe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.babelscribe]
command = "uvx"
args = ["babelscribe"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "babelscribe": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "babelscribe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "babelscribe": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "babelscribe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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babelscribe — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for babelscribe?

babelscribe 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 babelscribe was installed 263 times last week.

How do I connect babelscribe?

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 babelscribe straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use babelscribe?

The pypi package babelscribe was installed 263 times in the last week. Week over week that is +15%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is babelscribe open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 7 stars on GitHub and 22 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.