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MCP Server for Excel

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MCP Server for Excel runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 5 292 installs a week from npm. Last commit 3 Nov 2026.

Excel automation for AI - Sheets, Power Query, DAX, VBA, Tables, Ranges and more. Windows only.

Installs per day peak 1 205 · avg 407 · +146% w/w
a month agotoday
5 292
Installs / week
npm · @sbroenne/mcp-server-excel
842
Stars
5 open issues
3 Nov 2026
Last commit
42 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
C#

What the code does

We read the source, 8 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(slides, folder), { recursive: true });
Asks for container control access .github/workflows/issue-triage.lock.yml:764
…eway --user '"${MCP_GATEWAY_UID}"':'"${MCP_GATEWAY_GID}"' --group-add '"${DOCKER_SOCK_GID}"' -v '"${DOCKER_SOCK_PATH}"':/var/run/docker.sock -e MCP_GATEWAY_PORT -e MCP_GATEWAY_DOMAIN -e MCP_GATEWAY_AGENT_ID -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_SIZE_THRESHOLD -e DOCKE…

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Nothing serious here today

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

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MCP Server for Excel — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP Server for Excel?
MCP Server for Excel 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 @sbroenne/mcp-server-excel was installed 5 292 times last week.
How do I connect MCP Server for Excel?
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 @sbroenne/mcp-server-excel straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MCP Server for Excel?
The npm package @sbroenne/mcp-server-excel was installed 5 292 times in the last week. Week over week that is +146%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MCP Server for Excel open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in C#, 842 stars on GitHub and 5 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.