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Openroad MCP Server

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Openroad MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 61 installs a week from npm. Last commit 12 Sep 2026.

The OpenROAD MCP server - interactive EDA sessions via Model Context Protocol

Installs per day peak 186 · avg 13 · -91% w/w
a month agotoday
61
Installs / week
npm · openroad-mcp
20
Stars
1 open issues
12 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
BSD-3-Clause
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

Image downloads and pipes straight to shell Dockerfile:19
    && curl -fsSL "https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_${NODE_MAJOR}.x" | bash - \
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.

Runs a command on install [пакет] package.json:1
postinstall: node scripts/fix-node-pty.cjs
    const result = spawnSync(shell, ["-lc", `printf '%s' '${LOGIN_SHELL_PATH_MARKER}'"$PATH"`], {
    const candidate = path.join(trimmed, name);

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Openroad MCP and you get told the day something new turns up.

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

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Openroad MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Openroad MCP?
Openroad MCP 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 openroad-mcp was installed 61 times last week.
How do I connect Openroad MCP?
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 openroad-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Openroad MCP?
The npm package openroad-mcp was installed 61 times in the last week. Week over week that is -91%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Openroad MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, written in TypeScript, 20 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.