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Nanobanana MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 2 185 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 18 May 2026.

An MCP server that provides image generation and editing capabilities

Installs per day peak 558 · avg 350 · +11% w/w
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2 185
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18 May 2026
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0 releases in 90 days
MIT
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Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Nanobanana MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GEMINI_API_KEY (Your Gemini API key), IMAGE_OUTPUT_DIR (The image output directory). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Nanobanana MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Nanobanana MCP Server?
Nanobanana MCP Server 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 nanobanana-mcp-server was installed 2 185 times last week.
How do I connect Nanobanana MCP Server?
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 nanobanana-mcp-server straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Nanobanana MCP Server?
The pypi package nanobanana-mcp-server was installed 2 185 times in the last week. Week over week that is +11%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Nanobanana MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 399 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.