Postgres (read-only, safe) MCP Server

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Postgres (read-only, safe) runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Drop-in replacement for @modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres that is actually read-only.

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1 Nov 2026

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4 releases in 90 days

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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Postgres (read-only, safe) 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 postgres-mcp-safe -- npx -y postgres-mcp-safe

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres-mcp-safe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "postgres-mcp-safe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.postgres-mcp-safe]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "postgres-mcp-safe"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres-mcp-safe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "postgres-mcp-safe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "postgres-mcp-safe": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "postgres-mcp-safe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Postgres (read-only, safe) — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Postgres (read-only, safe)?

Postgres (read-only, safe) 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 postgres-mcp-safe.

How do I connect Postgres (read-only, safe)?

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 postgres-mcp-safe straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

Is Postgres (read-only, safe) open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Go and 1 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.