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Deskwright MCP Server

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Deskwright runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 103 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 7 Nov 2026.

Agents use real GNOME/Wayland apps: on your screen, or an invisible second desktop you never see

Installs per day peak 35 · avg 15 · +56% w/w
a month agotoday
103
Installs / week
pypi · deskwright
11
Stars
6 open issues
7 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 11 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

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.

                cropped_in_shell = True
Executes code built at runtime deskwright/code_runtime.py:169
            exec(compiled, GLOBALS)
Dumps the whole environment [пакет] deskwright/input.py:104, deskwright/supervisor.py:88, deskwright/input.py:111
    env = dict(os.environ, YDOTOOL_SOCKET=YDOTOOL_SOCKET)

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 deskwright -- uvx deskwright
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deskwright": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "deskwright"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.deskwright]
command = "uvx"
args = ["deskwright"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deskwright": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "deskwright"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "deskwright": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "deskwright"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: DESKWRIGHT_SESSION (Which desktop to drive: 'primary' (the screen you are looking at), 'headless' for an invisible virtual-monitor session, or 'headless:<name>' to pick one of several), DESKWRIGHT_INPUT_BACKEND (Force the input path: 'mutter' for GNOME's org.gnome.Mutter.RemoteDesktop (no consent dialog), 'portal' for org.freedesktop.portal.RemoteDesktop (one consent, then persisted). Auto-selected when unset).

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Deskwright — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Deskwright?
Deskwright 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 pypi package deskwright was installed 103 times last week.
How do I connect Deskwright?
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 deskwright straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Deskwright?
The pypi package deskwright was installed 103 times in the last week. Week over week that is +56%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Deskwright open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python, 11 stars on GitHub and 6 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.