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Free the Tools runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 11 Oct 2026.

Local PDF, image, data and text tools for AI assistants. Files stay on your computer.

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Installs / week
npm · freethetools
1
Stars
11 open issues
11 Oct 2026
Last commit
4 releases in 90 days
AGPL-3.0
License
JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 2 h ago · rules ccca72095570

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.

  const setMeta = (row: HTMLElement, html: string) => ((row.querySelector(".fmeta") as HTMLElement).innerHTML = html);

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: FREETHETOOLS_LIBRARY (Folder where results and the record of jobs are kept. Default: a folder named freethetools in your home folder.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Free the Tools — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Free the Tools?
Free the Tools 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 freethetools.
How do I connect Free the Tools?
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 freethetools straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
Is Free the Tools open source?
Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 11 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.