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Fly Io MCP Server

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Fly Io runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 65 installs a week from npm. Last commit 30 Aug 2026.

MCP server for managing Fly.io machines, apps, logs, and Docker images.

Installs per day peak 17 · avg 7 · -17% w/w
a month agotoday
65
Installs / week
npm · fly-io-mcp-server
80
Stars
26 open issues
30 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Fly Io 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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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 fly-io -- npx -y fly-io-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fly-io": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fly-io-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.fly-io]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "fly-io-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fly-io": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fly-io-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fly-io": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fly-io-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: FLY_IO_API_TOKEN (API token for Fly.io authentication.), FLY_IO_APP_NAME (Scope server to a single app (disables app management tools).), ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS (Comma-separated tool groups to enable (readonly, write, admin, apps, machines, logs, ssh, images, registry).), SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS (Skip API validation at startup.), DISABLE_DOCKER_CLI_TOOLS (Disable Docker-based registry tools.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Fly Io — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Fly Io?
Fly Io 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 fly-io-mcp-server was installed 65 times last week.
How do I connect Fly Io?
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 fly-io-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Fly Io?
The npm package fly-io-mcp-server was installed 65 times in the last week. Week over week that is -17%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Fly Io open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 80 stars on GitHub and 26 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.