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Aria MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 230 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 13 Jul 2026.

Search 35M+ PubMed, 400K+ ClinicalTrials.gov & ISRCTN trials. Prompts included. No API key.

Installs per day peak 95 · avg 29 · +80% w/w
a month agotoday
230
Installs / week
pypi · aria-mcp-server
3
Stars
0 open issues
13 Jul 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Aria MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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

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Aria MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Aria MCP Server?
Aria MCP Server 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 aria-mcp-server was installed 230 times last week.
How do I connect Aria MCP Server?
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 aria-mcp-server straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Aria MCP Server?
The pypi package aria-mcp-server was installed 230 times in the last week. Week over week that is +80%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Aria MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 3 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.