Shodan MCP Server

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Shodan runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 227 installs a week from npm. Last commit 8 Sep 2026.

MCP server for Shodan API — device search, IP lookup, DNS, and CVE/CPE queries.

Installs per day peak 79 · avg 45 · -35% w/w

a month agotoday

227

Installs / week

npm · @burtthecoder/mcp-shodan

166

Stars

0 open issues

8 Sep 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 14 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.

Package points at a different repository w0h1v/mcp-shodan

пакет @burtthecoder/mcp-shodan ссылается на burtthecoder/mcp-shodan

Secret passed into the image build Dockerfile:34

# Set environment variable for Shodan API Key
ENV SHODAN_API_KEY=your-shodan-api-key

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.

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add shodan -- npx -y @burtthecoder/mcp-shodan

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shodan": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@burtthecoder/mcp-shodan"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.shodan]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@burtthecoder/mcp-shodan"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shodan": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@burtthecoder/mcp-shodan"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shodan": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@burtthecoder/mcp-shodan"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Shodan — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Shodan?

Shodan 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 @burtthecoder/mcp-shodan was installed 227 times last week.

How do I connect Shodan?

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 @burtthecoder/mcp-shodan straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Shodan?

The npm package @burtthecoder/mcp-shodan was installed 227 times in the last week. Week over week that is -35%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Shodan open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 166 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.