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Ranch MCP Server

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Ranch runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 109 installs a week from npm. Last commit 20 Oct 2026.

Read and write cattle and sheep records with farm-scoped, revocable access.

Installs per day peak 211 · avg 28 · -37% w/w
a month agotoday
109
Installs / week
npm · @ranchbot/mcp-server
1
Stars
0 open issues
20 Oct 2026
Last commit
7 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Ranch 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 mcp-server -- npx -y @ranchbot/mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ranchbot/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@ranchbot/mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ranchbot/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ranchbot/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Ranch — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Ranch?
Ranch 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 @ranchbot/mcp-server was installed 109 times last week.
How do I connect Ranch?
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 @ranchbot/mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Ranch?
The npm package @ranchbot/mcp-server was installed 109 times in the last week. Week over week that is -37%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Ranch open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript 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.