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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. 49 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 17 · avg 8 · +90% w/w
a month agotoday
49
Installs / week
npm · @r16t/multimodal-mcp
1
Stars
0 open issues
5 Mar 2026
Last commit
0 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": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@r16t/multimodal-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.multimodal]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@r16t/multimodal-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "multimodal": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@r16t/multimodal-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "multimodal": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@r16t/multimodal-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: 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)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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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 49 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 with the file path 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 49 times in the last week. Week over week that is +90%. 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 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.