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Multimodal MCP Server

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Multimodal runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 136 installs a week from npm. Last commit 5 Mar 2026.

Multi-provider media generation — images, video, audio, and transcription via a unified interface

Installs per day peak 25 · avg 10 · +249% w/w
a month agotoday
136
Installs / week
npm · @r16t/multimodal-mcp
2
Stars
0 open issues
5 Mar 2026
Last commit
no releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Multimodal 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 multimodal -- npx -y @r16t/multimodal-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "multimodal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@r16t/multimodal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.multimodal]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@r16t/multimodal-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "multimodal": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@r16t/multimodal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "multimodal": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@r16t/multimodal-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: OPENAI_API_KEY (OpenAI API key for image, video, audio generation and transcription), XAI_API_KEY (xAI API key for image and video generation), GEMINI_API_KEY (Google Gemini API key for image, video, and audio generation), ELEVENLABS_API_KEY (ElevenLabs API key for audio generation and transcription), BFL_API_KEY (BFL API key for FLUX image generation and editing), MEDIA_OUTPUT_DIR (Directory for saved media files (defaults to cwd)).

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Multimodal — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Multimodal?
Multimodal 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 @r16t/multimodal-mcp was installed 136 times last week.
How do I connect Multimodal?
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 @r16t/multimodal-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Multimodal?
The npm package @r16t/multimodal-mcp was installed 136 times in the last week. Week over week that is +249%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Multimodal open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 2 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.