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Apple Books MCP Server

io.github.vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp
local only

Apple Books runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 847 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Jul 2026.

Access your Apple Books library, annotations, reading progress, and highlights through Claude

Installs per day peak 1 026 · avg 244 · -19% w/w
a month agotoday
847
Installs / week
pypi · apple-books-mcp
52
Stars
0 open issues
2 Jul 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
Python

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

Apple Books — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Apple Books?
Apple Books 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 apple-books-mcp was installed 847 times last week.
How do I connect Apple Books?
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 apple-books-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Apple Books?
The pypi package apple-books-mcp was installed 847 times in the last week. Week over week that is -19%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Apple Books open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python and 52 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.