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Rclone runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 92 installs a week from npm. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

MCP server for the Rclone RC API, with selectable toolsets.

Installs per day peak 21 · avg 8 · +39% w/w
a month agotoday
92
Installs / week
npm · rclone-mcp
13
Stars
0 open issues
1 Nov 2026
Last commit
1 release in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 1 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.

Dumps the whole environment src/client.ts:88
        Object.entries(process.env).filter(

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.

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

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: RCLONE_URL (A running rclone to use. Without it, rclone-mcp starts its own), RCLONE_USER (HTTP Basic Auth username for RCLONE_URL), RCLONE_PASS (HTTP Basic Auth password for RCLONE_URL), RCLONE_TOOLSETS (Comma-separated list of toolsets to enable (default, all, or specific: core, config, operations, sync, jobs, vfs, mount, dangerous, etc.)), RCLONE_READ_ONLY (Set to 1 to expose only tools that change nothing and return no credentials), RCLONE_MCP_MAX_OUTPUT (The most characters of output a tool call returns. Defaults to 100000).

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Rclone — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Rclone?
Rclone 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 rclone-mcp was installed 92 times last week.
How do I connect Rclone?
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 rclone-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Rclone?
The npm package rclone-mcp was installed 92 times in the last week. Week over week that is +39%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Rclone open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 13 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.