Bit Lantern runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 26 Oct 2026.
Local, read-only structural code navigation and bounded dependency analysis for source repositories.
What the code does
We read the source, 28 min ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
const child = spawn(executable, process.argv.slice(2), {
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.
const bytes = fs.readFileSync(path.join(repository, "dist", "staging", target, "server", binary));
const child = spawn(executable, process.argv.slice(2), {
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 Bit Lantern and you get told the day something new turns up.
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Bit Lantern — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.