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Argent runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 71 657 installs a week from npm. Last commit 31 Aug 2026.

Drive iOS Simulators, Android emulators, TVs and Electron/web apps from your coding agent

Installs per day peak 17 009 · avg 8 605 · +9% w/w
a month agotoday
71 657
Installs / week
npm · @swmansion/argent
2329
Stars
201 open issues
31 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 12 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] bin/argent-simulator-server.cjs:1, [пакет] assets/trace-processor/engine_bundle.node.js:1
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет
  "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA4QAAAEVCAYAAAC46yv0AAAABmJLR0QA/wD/AP+gvaeTAAAgAElEQVR4nOydd7xkRbX916qGIcwQBAaQDEPOacgqIgoCgxJEQRiCCuJ7CCoIzwQYfoIYAJ8BFAUERYLwAEUBMcCoMAwZiUMSkJwGJMycWr8/ui709D23Y1Wf7tP7+/ncz3zm3HN27e7b4eyqXWsRhtEiksYBmCrp8wBWKzqffoLkqiRnFp2HYRiGYRiGYbTDPEUnYPQ/ksYD+…
Runs an external command packages/argent-cli/src/lens-agents.ts:71, packages/argent-cli/src/lens-pty.ts:43, packages/argent-installer/src/init-skills.ts:154 и ещё 15
    execFileSync(process.platform === "win32" ? "where" : "which", [bin], {
Builds a file path from a variable packages/argent-installer/src/package-manager.ts:68, packages/configuration-core/src/paths.ts:57, packages/native-devtools-ios/src/index.ts:26 и ещё 7
  const has = (file: string): boolean => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file));
    vm.runInThisContext(src, { filename: "engine_bundle.node.patched.js" });
Page executes code built at runtime packages/ui/index.html:2647
        themeBtn.innerHTML = THEME_ICON[themeMode];
  "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA4QAAAEVCAYAAAC46yv0AAAABmJLR0QA/wD/AP+gvaeTAAAgAElEQVR4nOydd7xkRbX916qGIcwQBAaQDEPOacgqIgoCgxJEQRiCCuJ7CCoIzwQYfoIYAJ8BFAUERYLwAEUBMcCoMAwZiUMSkJwGJMycWr8/ui709D23Y1Wf7tP7+/ncz3zm3HN27e7b4eyqXWsRhtEiksYBmCrp8wBWKzqffoLkqiRnFp2HYRiGYRiGYbTDPEUnYPQ/ksYD+…

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

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Argent — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Argent?
Argent 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 @swmansion/argent was installed 71 657 times last week.
How do I connect Argent?
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 @swmansion/argent straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Argent?
The npm package @swmansion/argent was installed 71 657 times in the last week. Week over week that is +9%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Argent open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript, 2 329 stars on GitHub and 201 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.